Metarctia lateritia - Laterite matron

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Metarctia lateritia
Metarctia lateritia

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Silvermist Cottage, Troutbeck

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Cameroon, DRCongo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa
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Related plant genera:
AsteraceaeSenecio (Larval foodplant)
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Literature:

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Metarctia lateritia .
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401780, retrieved 21 April 2025

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