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Tagiades flesus - Clouded forester, Clouded flat
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Chitengo Camp and Clouds Pool, Gorongosa National Park.
Species details:
| Note: | Although only two southern African species of Dioscorea are confirmed larval foodplants, the widespread distribution of this butterfly suggests it likely that other related species in this plant genus can be used. | ||
| Distribution: | Widespread in Sub-Saharan 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. 311. Henning, G.A., Henning, S.F., Joannou, J.G. & Woodhall, S.E. (1997), Living Butterflies of Southern Africa, Volume 1, Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa, p. . 64 Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 362. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae p. 47, Online Encyclopaedia. |
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