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Euryphura achlys - Mottled-green nymph
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten (2x left) and Alan Gardiner (right): Catapu, Mozambique
Species details:
| Notes: | Photo left shows a newly emerged female; photo centre the male, which lacks the white markings in the forewings. | ||||
| Distribution: | Mostly found in forested areas in Mozambique. Also in eastern Zimbabwe; rare in KwaZulu-Natal. | ||||
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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. 104. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 118. |
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