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Note: | On table Mountain in South Africa it is the only known pollinator of the rare orchid Disa uniflora. | ||
Distribution: | Border Highlands of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa as far as Table Mountain. | ||
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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, 53p. . Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 44. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Sayrininae, Tribe Melanitini, 53p. 1, Online Encyclopaedia. |
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