Lepidochrysops

***Lepidochrysops*** er en svært artsrik slekt av dagsommerfugler som tilhører undergruppen blåvinger i den store familie glansvinger (Lycaenidae).

## Utseende
Middelsstore til nokså store (vingespenn 30-50 millimeter) blåvinger. Hannenes overside har gjerne en litt blek, perlemorsaktig, blå eller blåfiolett glans, hunnene er brune. Undersiden er brunlig med mørkere brune flekker.

### Larvene
Larvene lever gjerne på urter i slekten *Selago* (brunrotfamilien).

## Utbredelse
Slekten finnes bare i den afrotropiske økosonen, de fleste av artene lever i det sørlige og østlige Afrika.

## Systematisk inndeling

* sommerfugler (Lepidoptera)
** gruppen / overfamilien **[[dagsommerfugler]]** (Papilionoidea)
*** familien **[[glansvinger]]** (Lycaenidae) 
**** delgruppen **[[Lycaeninae]]** (i vid forstand)
***** **blåvinger** (Polyommatinae) – 15 norske arter, 109 i Europa inklusiv varianter (underarter)
****** stammen Polyommatini (i snever forstand) 
******* *Euchrysops*-gruppen – Afrika
******** slekten ***Lepidochrysops*** Hedicke, 1923 – 136 arter
********* *[[Lepidochrysops aethiopia]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops abri]]* Libert & Collins, 2001
********* *[[Lepidochrysops albilinea]]* Tite, 1959
********* *[[Lepidochrysops anerius]]* (Hulstaert, 1924)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops ansorgei]]* Tite, 1959
********* *[[Lepidochrysops arabicus]]* Gabriel, 1954
********* *[[Lepidochrysops asteris]]* (Godart, [1824])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops auratus]]* Quickelberge, 1979
********* *[[Lepidochrysops australis]]* Tite, 1964
********* *[[Lepidochrysops azureus]]* (Butler, 1879)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops bacchus]]* Riley, 1938
********* *[[Lepidochrysops badhami]]* van Son, 1956
********* *[[Lepidochrysops balli]]* Dickson, 1985
********* *[[Lepidochrysops barnesi]]* Pennington, 1953
********* *[[Lepidochrysops braueri]]* Dickson, 1966
********* *[[Lepidochrysops budama]]* Someren, 1957
********* *[[Lepidochrysops butha]]* (Strand, 1911)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops caerulea]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops carsoni]]* (Butler, 1901)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops chala]]* Kielland, 1980
********* *[[Lepidochrysops chalceus]]* Quickelberge, 1979
********* *[[Lepidochrysops chittyi]]* Henning & Henning, 1994
********* *[[Lepidochrysops chloauges]]* (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops cinerea]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops coxii]]* Pinhey, 1945
********* *[[Lepidochrysops cupreus]]* (Neave, 1910)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops delicata]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops desmondi]]* Stempffer, 1951
********* *[[Lepidochrysops dollmani]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops dolorosa]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops dukei]]* Cottrell, 1965
********* *[[Lepidochrysops dunni]]* Larsen & Collins, 2003
********* *[[Lepidochrysops elgonae]]* Stempffer, 1950
********* *[[Lepidochrysops erici]]* Gardiner, 2003
********* *[[Lepidochrysops evae]]* Gardiner, 2003
********* *[[Lepidochrysops flavisquamosa]]* Tite, 1959
********* *[[Lepidochrysops forsskali]]* Larsen, 1982
********* *[[Lepidochrysops fulvescens]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops fumosa]]* (Butler, 1886)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops gigantea]]* (Trimen, 1898)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops glauca]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops grahami]]* (Trimen, 1893)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops grandis]]* Talbot, 1937
********* *[[Lepidochrysops guichardi]]* Gabriel, 1949
********* *[[Lepidochrysops gydoae]]* Dickson & Wykeham, 1994
********* *[[Lepidochrysops handmani]]* Quickelberge, 1980
********* *[[Lepidochrysops haveni]]* Larsen, 1983
********* *[[Lepidochrysops hawkeri]]* (Talbot, 1929)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops heathi]]* Gardiner, 1998
********* *[[Lepidochrysops hypopolia]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops ignota]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops intermedia]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops inyangae]]* Pinhey, 1945
********* *[[Lepidochrysops irvingi]]* (Swanepoel, 1948)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops jacksoni]]* van Someren, 1957
********* *[[Lepidochrysops jamesi]]* Swanepoel, 1971
********* *[[Lepidochrysops jansei]]* van Someren, 1957
********* *[[Lepidochrysops jefferyi]]* (Swierstra, 1909)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops kennethi]]* Kielland, 1986
********* *[[Lepidochrysops ketsi]]* Cottrell, 1965
********* *[[Lepidochrysops kilimanjarensis]]* (Strand, 1909)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops kitale]]* (Stempffer, 1936)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops koaena]]* (Strand, 1911)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops kocak]]* Seven, 1997
********* *[[Lepidochrysops labeensis]]* Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2000
********* *[[Lepidochrysops labwor]]* van Someren, 1957
********* *[[Lepidochrysops lerothodi]]* (Trimen, 1904)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops letsea]]* (Trimen, 1870)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops leucon]]* (Mabille, 1879)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops littoralis]]* Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
********* *[[Lepidochrysops loewensteini]]* (Swanepoel, 1951)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops longifalces]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops lotana]]* Swanepoel, 1962
********* *[[Lepidochrysops loveni]]* (Aurivillius, 1922)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops lukenia]]* van Someren, 1957
********* *[[Lepidochrysops lunulifer]]* (Ungemach, 1932)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops mashuna]]* (Trimen, 1894)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops mcgregori]]* Pennington, 1970
********* *[[Lepidochrysops methymna]]* (Trimen, 1862)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops michaeli]]* Gardiner, 2003
********* *[[Lepidochrysops michellae]]* Henning & Henning, 1983
********* *[[Lepidochrysops miniata]]* Gardiner, 2004
********* *[[Lepidochrysops mpanda]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops nacrescens]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops neavei]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops negus]]* (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops neonegus]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops nigeriae]]* Stempffer, 1957
********* *[[Lepidochrysops nigritia]]* Tite, 1959
********* *[[Lepidochrysops nyika]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops oosthuizeni]]* Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
********* *[[Lepidochrysops oreas]]* Tite, 1964
********* *[[Lepidochrysops ortygia]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops outeniqua]]* Swanepoel & Vári, 1983
********* *[[Lepidochrysops pampolis]]* (Druce, 1905)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops parsimon]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops patricia]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops peculiaris]]* (Rogenhofer, 1891)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops penningtoni]]* Dickson, 1969
********* *[[Lepidochrysops pephredo]]* (Trimen, 1889)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops phoebe]]* Libert, 2001
********* *[[Lepidochrysops pittawayi]]* Larsen, 1983
********* *[[Lepidochrysops plebeja]]* (Butler, 1898)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops polydialecta]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops poseidon]]* Pringle, 1987
********* *[[Lepidochrysops praeterita]]* Swanepoel, 1962
********* *[[Lepidochrysops pringlei]]* Dickson, 1982
********* *[[Lepidochrysops procera]]* (Trimen, 1893)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops pterou]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops puncticilia]]* (Trimen, 1883)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops quassi]]* (Karsch, 1895)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops quickelbergei]]* Swanepoel, 1969
********* *[[Lepidochrysops reichenowi]]* (Dewitz, 1879)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops rhodesensae]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops ringa]]* Tite, 1959
********* *[[Lepidochrysops robertsoni]]* Cottrell, 1965
********* *[[Lepidochrysops rossouwi]]* Henning & Henning, 1994
********* *[[Lepidochrysops ruthica]]* Pennington, 1953
********* *[[Lepidochrysops skotios]]* (Druce, 1905)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops solwezii]]* (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops southeyae]]* Pennington, 1967
********* *[[Lepidochrysops stormsi]]* (Robbe, 1892)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops subvariegata]]* Talbot, 1935
********* *[[Lepidochrysops swanepoeli]]* Pennington, 1948
********* *[[Lepidochrysops swartbergensis]]* Swanepoel, 1969
********* *[[Lepidochrysops synchrematiza]]* (Bethune-Baker, [1923])
********* *[[Lepidochrysops tantalus]]* (Trimen, 1887)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops titei]]* Dickson, 1976
********* *[[Lepidochrysops trimeni]]* (Bethune-Baker, 1923)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops turlini]]* Stempffer, 1971
********* *[[Lepidochrysops vansoni]]* (Swanepoel, 1949)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops variabilis]]* Cottrell, 1965
********* *[[Lepidochrysops vera]]* Tite, 1961
********* *[[Lepidochrysops victori]]* Pringle, 1984
********* *[[Lepidochrysops victoriae]]* (Karsch, 1895)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops violetta]]* (Pinhey, 1945)
********* *[[Lepidochrysops wykehami]]* Tite, 1964
********* *[[Lepidochrysops yvonnae]]* Gardiner, 2004

## Eksterne lenker
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* Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. [''Lepidochrysops'' in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ http://tolweb.org 
* www.funet.fi – Polyommatinae