Hyalites igola - Dusky-veined Acraea
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Photo(s): Steve Woodhall, South Africa
Species details:
| Notes: | Images showing eggs, young caterpillars and adult on its main foodplant Urera trinervis. |
| Distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South 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. 75. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, File E, Nymphalidae subfamily Heliconiinae, Online Encyclopaedia, p. 275. Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 94. |