- Source: Leptomyrina hirundo
Leptomyrina hirundo, the tailed black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to the coast of eastern Kenya and Malawi. In South Africa it is found in warm wooded savannah from the Eastern Cape to coastal KwaZulu-Natal and inland in riverine forest to Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
The wingspan is 19–24 mm for males and 19.5–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas with peaks in November and March.
The larvae feed on Kalanchoe, Crassula, Byrophyllum and Cotyledon species.
References
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- Leptomyrina hirundo
- Leptomyrina
- List of butterflies of Kenya
- List of butterflies of Zambia
- List of butterflies of Mozambique
- List of butterflies of South Africa
- List of butterflies of Malawi
- List of butterflies of Eswatini
- List of butterflies of Lesotho
- List of butterflies of Zimbabwe
