Chloroselas mazoensis

Chloroselas mazoensis, the purple gem, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

It is found in South Africa, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West provinces.

Adults are on wing from September to December and again in May and/or June in a small second generation in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

[2] The larvae probably feed on young shoots of Acacia species.

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