Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali - Boisduval's tree nymph

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Sevenia boisduvali

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Muqueche bridge, Mt Namuli, Mozambique.

Species details:

Notes: Upperside dull orange-brown with darkerspots above the margin of the hindwings and light and darker patches in the apical part of the fore-wings.
Distribution: Most common in Coastal parts of Eastern South Africa and Mozambique and along the Eastern border of Zimbabwe.
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Related plant species:
EuphorbiaceaeSclerocroton integerrimus (Food plant)
EuphorbiaceaeShirakiopsis elliptica (Food plant)
Literature:

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali .
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400630, retrieved 1 December 2024

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