Bush Bronze Cacyreus lingeus (22-28mm)
Female and male have different coloration.
Lays on flowers of certain plants which include those from the Plectranthus family.
Female and male have different coloration.
Lays on flowers of certain plants which include those from the Plectranthus family.
Common Fig-tree Blue Myrina silenus (26-41mm)
Male and female similar. Females have more chestnut on fore-wings.
Occurs in the Karoo as well as the eastern parts of of South Africa and down into the Western Cape.
Larval stage feeds on some species of Fig trees.
Male and female similar. Females have more chestnut on fore-wings.
Occurs in the Karoo as well as the eastern parts of of South Africa and down into the Western Cape.
Larval stage feeds on some species of Fig trees.
