Butterflies of Southern Africa |
Contents
What is a Butterfly? | 1 |
Life Cycle | 8 |
Variation and Habits | 12 |
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Acraea plate anal angle apex of forewing apical patch base Bechuanaland Bematistes black dots black marginal black spots blackish Blue plate Boisduval brown species bush or forest bushveld butterflies cell on forewing Charaxes Colotis common costa Danaidae Danaus chrysippus dark brown Dotted Border dry season East Africa eastern border Eastern Cape end of cell eyespots female Foodplant forest species forewing genera genus grey Hewitson Hübner inner margin insects Iolaus Kedestes larvae Lepidochrysops Limpopo River Linnaeus Lycaenidae male marginal band marginal spots markings Mashonaland Metisella Moçambique Natal northwards Nymphalidae outer half outer margin pale spots paler Papilio race reddish brown season form similar Skipper sometimes South African Southern Africa species in Southern speckled spot at end stripe subapical submarginal Swallowtail tail-less Trimen tropical Africa Underside of hindwing upperside variable veins Wallengren wet season white band white dots whitish widespread wings yellow yellowish Zambezi River