Capys
Scoptes synonym - rejected by the ICZN Commission, the Protea butterflies
Andrew V. Z. Brower- Capys alphaeus
- Capys bamendanus
- Capys bamptoni
- Capys brunneus
- Capys calpurnia
- Capys catharus
- Capys collinsi
- Capys connexivus
- Capys cupreus
- Capys disjunctus
- Capys hermes
- Capys juliae
- Capys meruensis
- Capys penningtoni
- Capys stuarti
- Capys vorgasi
- Capys usambarae
Introduction
An African endemic hairstreak genus of temperate or submontane climates. Larvae are very host-specific on Protea spp.References
Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.
Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
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