South African Red Data Book: butterflies
Genus Argyraspodes Tite and Dickson, 1973. An endemic southern African genus with 1 species. Also found in Namibia and Botswana, but regarded as a South African endemic. The larvae are herbivorous. It is not known whether they have TOs or a DNO, or whether there is an ant association (Heath 1997a,c). Genus Tylopaedia Tite and Dickson, 1973. A monobasic southern African genus, also found in Namibia and Botswana. The larvae of this taxon are herbivorous (for subsp. peringueyi: Aspalathus, Fabaceae) and have TOs and a DNO. The larvae have an obligate association with the ant Crematogaster melanogaster (Clark and Dickson 1956; Schlosz and Brinkman 1991). T. hesperis (Vári, 1976): Western Pie {current RL – LC} [NC (SA)]. Also most southern part of Namibia. [BU: D]. Genus Alenia Evans, 1935. An endemic southern African genus (2 species) from southern Namibia and the NC, WC and EC of South Africa. A. namaqua Vári, 1974: Namaqua Sandman {current RL – LC} [WC; NC (SA); also just into southern Namibia] [BU: SK].
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