Salamis parhassus - Common mother-of-pearl

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba.

Notes:

Sexes similar but female larger than male. Dry season (winter) form (see photos), greener and less distinctly marked than summer form.

Distribution:

Locally common in the coastal forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Caprivi, Namibia.

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Acanthaceae

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