Charaxes jahlusa argynnides - Pearl-spotted emperor

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Charaxes jahlusa

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

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Distribution: (this race) Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal, 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. 92.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 108.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, File H-Nymphalidae subfamily Charaxinae, Online Encyclopaedia p. 172.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Charaxes jahlusa argynnides.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402470, retrieved 29 March 2024

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