Metarctia lateritia - Laterite matron

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Metarctia lateritia
Metarctia lateritia

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Silvermist Cottage, Troutbeck

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Cameroon, DRCongo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
AsteraceaeSenecio (Larval foodplant)
Larval food (by plant species):
Literature:

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Metarctia lateritia .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401780, retrieved 28 March 2024

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