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 JakkalsbessieDistinguished Virtual Ranger Joined: Thu May 26, 2005 12:00 pm Posts: 558 Location: At work longing for the outdoors! 
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Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:42 pm  |
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Hypolimnas misippus
Common diadem (Eng) Blouglans/ Na-aper (Afr) Photos of the male:    |
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arks Senior Virtual Ranger Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:53 pm Posts: 3757 Location: Cambridge, MA (and home from home in Darling, WC) 
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| Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:00 pm |
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I've gone through the whole butterfly index, but can't seem to find this one, which unfortunately refused to open its wings for me
 The closest I could find in the index is the common diadem (Hypolimnas misippus), but I don't think this is quite the same?  |
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BushSnake Joined: Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:42 pm Posts: 133 Location: Waar die enigste slang 'n tuinslang is...Joburg
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| Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:18 pm |
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Hi. It is a layman / ouheks / Amauris albimaculata. They are quite common in most forests in the eastern parts of SA. The breed on creepers of the genus Cynanchum, which makes them poisonous, and are mimicked by the variable diadem, Hypolimnas anthedon form mima. The have one of the most amazing pupae of all butterflies. The photos shown are of a very similar species, the chief / toordoktor / Amauris echeria. Rumour has it humans were not the first to invent mirrors...
The final instar larva  And the pupae   |
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