Pardopsis punctatissima - Polka dot

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Pardopsis punctatissima

Photo(s): Bart Wursten. Coutada 12, Sofala Mozambique

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Also in Madagascar.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
ViolaceaeAfrohybanthus caffer (Larval foodplant)
ViolaceaeAfrohybanthus enneaspermus (Larval foodplant)
ViolaceaeAfrohybanthus latifolius (Larval foodplant)
ViolaceaeAfrohybanthus nyassensis (Larval foodplant)
ViolaceaeAfrohybanthus serratus (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 85.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 98.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae File E subfamily Heliconiinae, p. 294Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Pardopsis punctatissima .
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403050, retrieved 8 October 2024

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