Natal, Swaziland, Moçambique, Botswana, Rhodesia. See [About maps]
Morant's Skipper
Pamphila morantii Trimen, 1873; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873: 122
Pamphila ranoha Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabe land and the Victoria Falls, App. 4: 353
Pamphila icteritia Mabille, 1891; Bul. Soc. Ent. Belg. 4 (16): 180
Parosmodes morantii ; [BOW: pl. 130, f. 3]; [BK: 419, pl. 61, f. 819]; [AfrL]
Larva on
Combretum queinzii,
Bridelia micrantha [PBSA],
Combretum,
Quisqualis,
Terminalis,
Bridelia [BK]
Parosmodes morantii morantii ; [BK, 420]; [AfrL]
W.Kenya - Ghana
Parosmodes morantii axis Evans, 1937; Cat. African Hesp. Brit. Mus.: 114
Parosmodes morantii axis ; [BK, 420]; [AfrL]
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