Geranium bronze
Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) is a species in the family Lycaenidae, order Lepidoptera.
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Quick facts about the geranium bronze
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 1.5 cm – 2.55 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- flowerssrc for Main food
- Habitat
- grassland, human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- On the wing
- All yearsrc for On the wing
- Generations a year
- Severalsrc for Generations a year
- Larval food plants
- Geraniaceae familysrc for Larval food plants
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the geranium bronze?
Where does the geranium bronze live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the geranium bronze as introduced in 7 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the geranium bronze endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the geranium bronze classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyLycaenidae
- genusCacyreus
- SpeciesCacyreus marshalli Butler, 1897
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- Common geranium bronzeEnglish
- Common geranium-bronzeEnglish
- Pelargonium butterflyEnglish
- MalvabloutjieAfrikaans
- Barrinadora dels GeranisCatalan
- modrásek muškátovýCzech
- Efydd Ymyl WenWelsh
- Efyddau Ymyl WenWelsh
- BronzeblåfuglDanish
- Pelargonien-BläulingGerman
- Pelargonien-WanderbläulingGerman
- Πεταλούδα του ΓερανιούGreek
- Taladro del GeranioSpanish
- Brun des pélargoniumsFrench
- כחלון הפלרגוןHebrew
- כחליל הפלרגוניוםHebrew
- Pelargonijin plavacCroatian
- Licenide dei geraniItalian
- GeraniumblauwtjeDutch
- Borboleta-das-sardinheirasPortuguese
- Гераниевая бронзовкаRussian
- pelargonijev bakrenčekSlovenian
- trädgårdsblåvingeSwedish
- Sardunya ZebrasıTurkish
Relatives of the geranium bronze
Other species in the same genus Cacyreus.
Bush bronze
Cacyreus lingeus
Bright bronze
Cacyreus audeoudi
Island bronze
Cacyreus darius
Mocker blue
Cacyreus virilis
Karoo bronze
Cacyreus dicksoni
Abyssinian bronze
Cacyreus ethiopicus
CompareGeranium bronze vs Bush bronzeGeranium bronze vs Bright bronzeGeranium bronze vs Island bronzeGeranium bronze vs Mocker blue
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the geranium bronze?
An adult geranium bronze has a wingspan of 1.5 cm – 2.55 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What does the geranium bronze eat?
Its recorded main food is flowers.
Is the geranium bronze an invasive species?
In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the geranium bronze as invasive in 1 country: France. It lists it as introduced in 7 in all.
What kind of animal is the geranium bronze?
The geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) belongs to the family Lycaenidae in the order Lepidoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - LepTraits 1.0: a globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Shirey, V., Larsen, E., Doherty, A. et al. (2022) LepTraits 1.0: a globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits. Scientific Data 9: 382. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01473-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19874602.v1 - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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