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Bowker’s Sapphire, Bowker's Marbled Sapphire or Bowker's Tailed Blue (''Stugeta bowkeri'') is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in most of southern Africa. The wingspan is 26–32 mm for males and 29–41 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May, with peaks in October and March.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 Larvae of ssp. ''bowkeri'' and ''henningi'' feed on ''Viscum rotundifolium''. Larvae of ssp. ''tearei'' have been recorded on ''Ximenia caffra'' and ''Ximenia americana'', ''Viscum rotundifolium'' and ''Tapinanthus quinquangulus''. Other recorded food plants include ''Loranthus'' species (including ''Loranthus elegans'' and ''Loranthus oleaefolius'') and other ''Talinanthus'' and ''Ximenia'' species. ==Subspecies== *''Stugeta bowkeri bowkeri'' (Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia) *''Stugeta bowkeri albeza'' (Koçak, 1996) (Somalia) *''Stugeta bowkeri caerulea'' Stempffer (Somalia (Galkayu)) *''Stugeta bowkeri ethiopica'' Stempffer & Bennett, 1958 (Ethiopia) *''Stugeta bowkeri henningi'' Dickson, 1980 (arid savannah of the Orange Free State and the North-West Province and the North Cape) *''Stugeta bowkeri kedonga'' van Someren, 1939 (the Great Rift Valley in Kenya) *''Stugeta bowkeri maria'' Suffert, 1904 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo: south-east to Lualaba and Shaba, Tanzania, northern Zambia) *''Stugeta bowkeri mombasae'' Butler, 1901 (coast of eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania) *''Stugeta bowkeri nyanzana'' Wichgraf, 1911 (Lake Victoria, western Kenya) *''Stugeta bowkeri nyasana'' Talbot, 1935 (Malawi, south-eastern Tanzania) *''Stugeta bowkeri tearei'' Dickson, 1980 (southern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stugeta bowkeri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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