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Note: | The pale greyish area in the hindwings is more pronounced in the dry season form cinerea. | ||||||
Distribution: | Most of Sub-Saharan Africa exept the central African rainforest areas. Also South Africa, Eswatini and Yemen. | ||||||
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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. 334. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 406. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Hesperiinae (pt. II), Online Encyclopaedia p. 117. |
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