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Azanus jesous - Topaz-spotted blue
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, dry Acacia scrub at the base of Mt Buchwa.
Species details:
| Note: | Throughout the year but most abundant in summer. Upperside male purple-blue with a narrow black border; female brownish with purple-blue in the centre and a distinct brown 'comma' in each forewing. | ||
| Distribution: | Throughout Southern Africa, where Acacia spp are found. | ||
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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. 277. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, File M. Lycaeninae, Polyomatinae, Online Encyclopaedia, p. 90 Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 314. |
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