Hyalites rahira rahira - Marsh acraea

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Hyalites rahira
Hyalites rahira

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare (left); caterpillar on Persicaria madagascariensis, Mutoya Camp, Caprivi (right).

Species details:

Notes: A species of swamps and marshy areas, where its foodplants occur.
Distribution: From KwaZulu-Natal to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and westwards through Botswana and N Namibia.
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Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-25

The DRC flora team (2025). Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Hyalites rahira rahira.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400020, retrieved 31 March 2025

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