Hypolimnas deceptor deceptor - Deceptive Diadem
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Species details:
| Notes: | This species mimics the Novice, Amauris ochlea. |
| Distribution: | (this race) Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South 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. 115. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 130. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae, Junoniini, Online Encyclopaedia p. 99. |