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Calaenorrhinus galenus - Orange Flat, Orange Sprite
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Ndzou Camp, Moribane Forest, Mozambique
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| Note: | The image shows the more common and widespread form f. intermixtus. | ||||
| Distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa. | ||||
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| Literature: | Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 310. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae, Online Encyclopaedia, p. 19. |
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