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Colotis ione - Bushveld purple tip
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique (left & centre) and Chipinda Pools, Gonarhezou National Park (right).
Species details:
| Note: | The photographs show the male (left) and the female (centre and right). |
| Distribution: | Most parts of Southern 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. 289. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 326. |
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