Aloeides gowani — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Aloeides

At a glance

Occurrence records66

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Aloeides gowani's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility66 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF66 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Aloeides gowani, the Gowan's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, where it is known from the Western, Eastern and the Northern Cape. The wingspan is 25–29 mm for males and 28–30 mm females. Adults are on wing from October to April, with a peak from December to February There are multiple generations during midsummer. The larvae feed on Aspalathus species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aloeides gowani has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type66 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered50

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO148 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 3

5 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence50

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Teylers Museumlocation not on record	25
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record	17
Sydney, AU	3
Cambridge, US	2
Cape Town, ZA	2
KwaZulu-Natal Museumlocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 50 of 50 vouchered records shown