Lepidochrysops badhami

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Williams, M.C. |date=2020 |title=Lepidochrysops badhami |volume=2020 |page=e.T11542A175056499 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T11542A175056499.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Lepidochrysops badhami

| authority = van Son, 1956

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Lepidochrysops badhami, the Badham's blue , is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found in Succulent Karoo to the east of Springbok in the Northern Cape.

The wingspan is 28–32 mm for males and 29–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to October. There is one generation per year.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

The larvae feed on Pelargonium dasyphyllum.

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