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Ampittia capenas capenas - Riverine ranger
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Photo(s): Left: Alan Gardiner, Catapu, Mozambique; right: Bart Wursten: Vunduzi River near Bunga Inselberg, Gorongosa National Park.
Species details:
| Note: | Flies from August-October and from February-April. The foodplants of its caterpillars are still unknown. |
| Distribution: | Along streambanks and rivers in eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
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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. 324. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Hesperiinae, Online Encyclopaedia. |
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