Chloroselas pseudozeritis

Chloroselas pseudozeritis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chloroselas
Species:	C. pseudozeritis
Binomial name
	Chloroselas pseudozeritis; (Trimen, 1873)
Synonyms
	Aphnaeus pseudo-zeritis Trimen, 1873; Chloroselas pseudozeritis tytleri f. umbrosa Talbot, 1935;

Chloroselas pseudozeritis, the brilliant gem, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Africa.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing year-round with peaks from September to November and from March to May.^[2]

The larvae feed on Acacia species and Julbernardia globiflora. The larvae are known to live in tunnels in twigs of Julbernardia globiflora.

References

Chloroselas pseudozeritis pseudezeritis (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi)
Chloroselas pseudozeritis tytleri Riley, 1932 (Tanzania, eastern Kenya, Ethiopia)
Chloroselas pseudozeritis umbrosa Jackson, 1966 (western Kenya, possibly Uganda)

^ Chloroselas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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