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Netrobalane Mabille, 1903
Buff-tipped Skippers
Netrobalane Mabille, 1903; in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 17 (A): 46, 76, TS: Caprona canopus Trimen
Netrobalane (Pyrginae) ; [BK, 400]; [AfrL]

Netrobalane canopus (Trimen, 1864)
savannnah (S.Africa - Kenya - Nigeria, S.Sudan). See [About maps] Buff-tipped Skipper
Caprona canopus Trimen, 1864; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 2: 180
Netrobalane canopus ; [BOW: pl. 129, f. 63]; [BK: 401, pl. 58, f. 758]; [AfrL]

Larva on Grewia occidentalis, Dombeya cymosa, D. calantha, Pavonia macrophylla [PBSA], Pavonia, Hibiscus, Dombeya, Grewia [BK]



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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[AfrL]
Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BK]
Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[PBSA]
Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978


Some related literature:
Mabille, 1903
Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae. [2] in Wytsman, Gen. Ins. 17 (A): 1-78pp


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