Harpendyreus

Harpendyreus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Harpendyreus
Type illustration of H. juno
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Harpendyreus Heron, 1909

Small butterflies (wingspan 17–24 millimetres) with rounded wings without a tail at the back. The upper parts of the males are bright blue to reddish-violet, often with a small, black spot at the hind corner of the hindwing. The underparts are reddish-brown with slightly darker transverse bands, but without black spots.

The species are found along rivers and streams in high-altitude forests. The larvae feed on various low herbs, including lady's mantle , mints and sage.

The genus is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, mostly in the eastern and southern parts.

Species

• Harpendyreus aequatorialis (Sharpe, 1892)
• Harpendyreus argenteostriata Stempffer, 1961
• Harpendyreus berger Stempffer, 1976
• Harpendyreus boma (Bethune-Baker, 1926)
• Harpendyreus hazelae Stempffer, 1973
• Harpendyreus juno (Butler, 1897)
• Harpendyreus kisaba (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Harpendyreus major (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Harpendyreus marlieri Stempffer, 1961
• Harpendyreus marungensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1924)
• Harpendyreus meruana (Aurivillius, 1910)
• Harpendyreus noquasa (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)
• Harpendyreus notoba (Trimen, 1868)
• Harpendyreus reginaldi Heron, 1909
• Harpendyreus tsomo (Trimen, 1868)

External links

• "Harpendyreus Heron, 1909" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73