Swainson, 1830 subtribe iolaina riley, 1958 Iolaus pallene. Photo courtesy Jeremy Dobson
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Iolaus trimeni. Male. Left – upperside; right – underside. Wingspan: 35mm. Laurenceville, Vumba, S.R. 20:10:61. D.M. Cookson. (Transvaal Museum - TM3787). Type locality: South Africa: “Schoman’s Farm prope flumen Vaal”. Distribution: Angola (south-east), Democratic Republic of Congo (south - Lualaba, Shaba), Uganda (Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia (widespread), Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana (east), South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland. Specific localities: Zambia – Lusaka; Chalimbana; Chisamba; Ndola; Mufulira; Mbala; Mafinga Mountains (Heath, et al., 2002). Botswana – Lobatse (Pennington). Limpopo Province – Warmbaths (Swanepoel, 1953); Potgietersrus (Swanepoel, 1953); Polokwane (Swanepoel, 1953); Munnik (Swanepoel, 1953); Mokeetsi (Swanepoel, 1953); Sibasa (Swanepoel, 1953); Vivo (Swanepoel, 1953). North West Province – Brits (Swanepoel, 1953); Kgaswane Mountain Reserve (Williams). Gauteng – Pretoria (Swanepoel, 1953); Krugersdorp (Swanepoel, 1953); Hammanskraal (Swanepoel, 1953); Witwatersrand Botanical Gardens (J. Dobson, unpublished checklist, 2001). KwaZulu-Natal – Hluhluwe (Pringle, et al., 1994). Swaziland – Mlawula N. R. (www.sntc.org.sz). Common name: Trimen’s sapphire. Habitat: Woodland (Heath, et al., 2002), including Miombo woodland (Collins et al., 2003). Habits: Males are avid hilltoppers, defending territories from perches on twigs or leaves of shrubs and trees (Pringle, et al., 1994). Flight period: All year in warmer areas and September to April in cooler regions. Early stages: Henning, S., 1983: 69 [as Iolaus (Argiolaus) trimeni; Florida, Gauteng]. "This species was bred from specimens collected at Florida in the Transvaal. The eggs were laid singly on the leaves of the parasitic plant Loranthus rubromarginata (Loranthaceae). The larva at first fed on the surface of a leaf, creating a trough which was filled with its body, but as it grew larger it fed by wrapping the fleshy first segment round the edge of the leaf and completely covering its head. The final instar larva was black and greyish-white and mimicked a bird dropping. Both honey-gland and tubercles were present in the second and subsequent instars. The larvae did not appear to be ant-associated in any way. The pupa is secured to a twig or to the bark of the host-tree by the cremastral hooks only." Directory: downloads downloads -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations downloads -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer downloads -> Forth coming competitive exams downloads -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school downloads -> Year 9 The Arts — Music downloads -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft downloads -> Chris Young sets 2016 “I’m Comin’ Over” Tour headlining dates downloads -> Slavery and Abolition: the Plymouth Connection Introduction downloads -> Summer Assignment Download 35.64 Mb. Share with your friends:
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