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Pardopsis punctatissima (Polka Dot)

Synonyms: Acraea punctatissima

Wikipedia Abstract

The polka dot (Pardopsis punctatissima) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in fynbos, lowland and afromontane forest, and grassland from Van Staden’s Pass in the East Cape and then along the foothills of the eastern escarpment into Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province, north to Mozambique and then from Zimbabwe to Abyssinia. It is also present in Madagascar. The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and 33–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with a peak from October to March. The larvae feed on Hybanthus capensis.
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Prey / Diet

Hybanthus capensis[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0