Van Son's copper
Aloeides vansoni
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Aloeides vansoni, the Van Son's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the Western Cape, then across the Great Karoo and Roggeveld escarpment, south along the north side of the Swartberg and nearby mountains to the Eastern Cape.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Aloeides