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Pepe Pora riki

Lycaena salustius (Fabricius, 1793)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The pepe pora riki (Lycaena salustius) is a species in the family Lycaenidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the pepe pora riki

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
2.4 cm – 3.3 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
January to April, November to December
Generations a year
Two
Larval food plants
Polygonaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the pepe pora riki?

PEPE PORA RIKI · WINGSPAN 3.3 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.3 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the pepe pora riki is about 1.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the pepe pora riki live?

Not recorded

Is the pepe pora riki 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 pepe pora riki classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyLycaenidae
  6. genusLycaena
  7. SpeciesLycaena salustius (Fabricius, 1793)

Synonyms Hesperia salustius, Lycaena edna

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • North island coastal copperEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pepe pora riki

Other species in the same genus Lycaena.

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Common questions

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How big is the pepe pora riki?

An adult pepe pora riki has a wingspan of 2.4 cm – 3.3 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pepe pora riki?

The pepe pora riki (Lycaena salustius) belongs to the family Lycaenidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pepe Pora riki (Lycaena salustius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepe-pora-riki

MLA

“Pepe Pora riki (Lycaena salustius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepe-pora-riki.

BibTeX
@misc{pepe_pora_riki_2026,
  title = {Pepe Pora riki (Lycaena salustius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pepe-pora-riki},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}