Satyrium macrophyllumLindl.

WFO wfo-0000304785 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-30 / obs. 118134610
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. b Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15247730
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. c Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15294680
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Ren Hoekstra
fig. d Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172993336
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. e Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15602089
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. f Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 14364189
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. g Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15234985
Satyrium macrophyllum, photographed by Alan Manson
fig. h Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153968670

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Satyrium macrophyllum is native: Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Cape ProvincesDR CongoKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueTanzaniaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Satyrium macrophyllum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
DR Congo ZAI
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Tanzania TAN
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Satyrium brachyrhynchum Schltr.
  • Satyrium buchananii Rolfe
  • Satyrium cheirophorum Rolfe
  • Satyrium morrumbalaensis De Wild.
  • Satyrium speciosum Rolfe

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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