Lepidochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) are found in the Afrotropical realm.

They are medium-sized to fairly large (wingspan 30-50 millimetres) blues. The upper parts of the males have a slightly pale, pearlescent, blue or blue-violet sheen, the females are brown. The underparts are brownish with darker brown spots. The larvae often feed on herbs in the genus Selago. The genus is found only in the Afrotropical ecozone, most of the species live in southern and eastern Africa.

Species

Lepidochrysops aethiopia (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops abri Libert & Collins, 2001 Lepidochrysops albilinea Tite, 1959 Lepidochrysops anerius (Hulstaert, 1924) Lepidochrysops ansorgei Tite, 1959 Lepidochrysops arabicus Gabriel, 1954 Lepidochrysops asteris (Godart, ) 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 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, ) Lepidochrysops coxii Pinhey, 1945 Lepidochrysops cupreus (Neave, 1910) Lepidochrysops delicata (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops desmondi Stempffer, 1951 Lepidochrysops dollmani (Bethune-Baker, ) 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 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, ) 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, ) Lepidochrysops negus (C. & R. Felder, ) Lepidochrysops neonegus (Bethune-Baker, ) 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, ) Lepidochrysops poseidon Pringle, 1987 Lepidochrysops praeterita Swanepoel, 1962 Lepidochrysops pringlei Dickson, 1982

Lepidochrysops procera (Trimen, 1893) Lepidochrysops pterou (Bethune-Baker, ) Lepidochrysops puncticilia (Trimen, 1883) Lepidochrysops quassi (Karsch, 1895) Lepidochrysops quickelbergei Swanepoel, 1969 Lepidochrysops reichenowii (Dewitz, 1879) Lepidochrysops rhodesensae (Bethune-Baker, ) 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, ) 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

References

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 72 Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73