Lachnoptera ayresii - Blotched leopard

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Lachnoptera ayresii

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Lower slope Mt Shangani, Mandzundzu Community, Chimanimani Conservation Area, Mozambique

Species details:

Note: Although usually mainly orange, they can be partly or almost entrirely whitish. The image shows a female on its preferred larval foodplant Rawsonia lucida.
Distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland 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. 124.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 100.



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Lachnoptera ayresii .
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403770, retrieved 7 October 2024

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