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Zebra white (laying eggs)

Pinacopteryx eriphia eriphia

Description:

The wingspan is 40–55 mm in males and 42–47 mm in females. Flight period is year-round. (The series shows two different individuals found at the same place)

Habitat:

Meadow/grassland. (Northern Entrance to the Mlawula reserve)

Notes:

The Zebra white Larva feed on Maerua cafra, Boscia spp., Capparis oleoides, and Maerua triphylla (wikipedia). The plant chosen for the egg laying in this spotting is not Identified.

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Tiz

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Mar 17, 2014
Submitted on Mar 24, 2014

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