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Gnophodes betsimena diversa - Yellow-banded evening brown
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Moribane Forest, Mozambique.
Species details:
| Note: | Much less common than the similar Melanitis leda helena (Twilight brown). | ||
| Distribution: | In our region race diversa is known from Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Eastern Zimbabwe and South Africa as far as Durban. Race parmeno is known from northern Zambia and further North into Central and West 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. 50. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 40. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Satyrinae, Tribe Melanitini, p. 9, Online Encyclopaedia. |
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