Netrobalane canopus; [BOW]: pl. 129, f. 63; [BK]: 401, pl. 58, f. 758; [AfrL]
Larva on
Grewia occidentalis,
Dombeya cymosa,
D. calantha,
Pavonia macrophylla[PBSA],
Pavonia ,
Hibiscus ,
Dombeya ,
Grewia [BK]
22.5.2007 (1)
References:
[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail:Mark C. Williams
[maps] Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
Some related literature:
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Mabille, 1903
Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae
in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 17
(A): 1-78 (1903),
(B): 79-142 (1904),
(C): 143-182 (1904),
(D): 183-210 (1904)
Trimen, 1864
Descriptions of some New Species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2
: 175-180
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