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

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Eronia leda
Eronia leda

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.
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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. 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.

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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Eronia leda .
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402900, retrieved 31 March 2025

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