Sarangesa ruona - Ruona elfin

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Sarangesa ruona

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park.

Species details:

Note: Larval foodplants of this species are still unknown.
Distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
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Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 313.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 368.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Pyrginae, p. 108, Online 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: Sarangesa ruona .
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403370, retrieved 9 October 2024

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