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Note:
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Found throughout the year but most common from August to October. |
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Distribution:
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Nigeria, Southern DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
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Larval food (by plant family):
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Larval food (by plant genus):
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| Annonaceae | Annona (Larval foodplant)
| | Malvaceae subfamily Malvoideae | Hibiscus (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:
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Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 316.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 372.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae, p. 134, Online Encyclopaedia. |
