Crudaria leroma - Silver-spotted grey

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Crudaria leroma
Crudaria leroma

Photo(s): Bart Wursten; along road from Mberengwa to Mt Belingwe.

Species details:

Note: A species of hotter and drier savanna country, where it can be found almost throughout the year.
Distribution: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini 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. 227.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 242.

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: Crudaria leroma .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402260, retrieved 6 December 2024

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