Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera - African queen fritillary

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Issoria smaragdifera
Issoria smaragdifera

Photo(s): Wilna Steenkamp, World's View, Troutbeck, Nyanga, Zimbabwe (left) and Bart Wursten, Nyika National Park, Malawi (right).

Species details:

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Distribution: Very locally in the highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia and eastern Zimbabwe.
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Related plant species:
ViolaceaeViola abyssinica (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 124.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Heliconiinae, Tribe Argynnini, p. 6Online Encyclopaedia.



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403320, retrieved 4 October 2024

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