Aloeides stevensoni

Aloeides stevensoni, the Stevenson's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is restricted to montane sourveld grassland on the Wolkberg near Haenertsburg.

Aloeides stevensoni
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Aloeides
Species:	A. stevensoni
Binomial name
Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1973[2]

The wingspan is 23–26 mm for males and 24–26 mm females. Adults are on wing from November to December in one generation.^[3]