Coeliades lorenzo - Lorenzo red-tab policeman

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa.
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Related plant species:
MalpighiaceaeAcridocarpus natalitius var. natalitius (l)
MalpighiaceaeAcridocarpus natalitius var. linearifolius (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. 309.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 360.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Libytheinae, p. 19, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Coeliades lorenzo .
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403360, retrieved 29 March 2025

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