Eronia leda - Autumn-leaf vagrant, Oranges-and-lemons

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

Species details:

Notes: The images show a female.
Distribution: Nigeria, DRC, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
CapparaceaeCadaba (Larval food plant)
CapparaceaeMaerua (Larval food plant)
Related plant species:
CapparaceaeCapparis tomentosa (Larval food plant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 283.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 320.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Pieridae "Colotis" group, Online Encyclopaediap. 104.

Copyright: The Burundi flora team, 2024-25

The Burundi flora team (2025). Flora of Burundi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Eronia leda .
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402900, retrieved 16 June 2025

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