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Pselaphelia flavivitta - Leaf emperor
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.
Species details:
| Notes: | Medium-sized Emperor with small eye-spots in fore-, and hindwings. Males often darker coloured than females. Form gemmifera (see photo) has a strong dark stripe through the forewings, just below the eyespots. | ||||||||
| Distribution: | Widespread in most of Tropical Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | ||||||||
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| Literature: | africanmoths.com |
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