First Record of the Cycad Blue, Chilades pandava, in Egypt — A New Invasive Butterfly Species in the Mediterranean Region and on the African Continent (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Z. Fric; R. Dickinson; G. Fetouh; T.B. Larsen; W. Schön; M. Wiemers

doi:10.4001/003.022.0205

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Z. Fric,^1,* R. Dickinson,² G. Fetouh,³ T.B. Larsen,⁴ W. Schön,⁵ M. Wiemers⁶

¹1Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, 37005 Ceske Budejo
²2P.O. Box 818, Link Hills, 3652 South Africa
³3Al Mnashi — Al Tawfikeya R.D., Giza, Egypt
⁴4Jacobys Alle 2, 1806 Frederiksberg, Denmark
⁵5Am Wiesenrain 22, 73230 Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
⁶6UFZ — Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: zdfric@gmail.com

Abstract

The cycad blue, Chilades pandava, is recorded from Egypt for the first time. According to molecular analysis, the species appears to have originated from South China or Northern Indochina, and was probably introduced with ornamental Cycas plants.

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Z. Fric, R. Dickinson, G. Fetouh, T.B. Larsen, W. Schön, and M. Wiemers "First Record of the Cycad Blue, Chilades pandava, in Egypt — A New Invasive Butterfly Species in the Mediterranean Region and on the African Continent (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)," African Entomology 22(2), 315-319, (1 July 2014). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0205

Accepted: 1 December 2013; Published: 1 July 2014