Gomalia elma elma - Green-marbled skipper or -sandman

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Gomalia elma

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Widespread in Africa and Arabia.
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Related plant species:
Malvaceae subfamily MalvoideaeSida cordifolia subsp. maculata (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. 320.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 380.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Libytheinae, p. 174, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Gomalia elma elma.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401150, retrieved 29 March 2024

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