Astictopterus stellata mineni - Spangled sylph
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Species details:
| Notes: | Double-brooded with populations from January to April and also in August. | ||||
| Distribution: | Southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and eastern Zimbabwe. | ||||
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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. 324. Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Hesperiinae (part 1), Online Encyclopaedia p. 5. |