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Eronia cleodora (Vine-leaf vagrant)       

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Pieridae > Subfamily: Pierinae > Genus: Eronia

Eronia cleodora (Vine-leaf vagrant) Eronia cleodora (Vine-leaf vagrant)

Eronia cleodora (Vine-leaf vagrant) male, Ndumo. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Eronia cleodora (Vine-leaf vagrant) female, Burman Bush. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

 

Eronia cleodora (Vine-leaf vagrant), Kragga Kama Game Park near Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2 November 2010.   [photo Mike Nyenes ©: "this one shows the camouflage at work so well ... It flew into the bush but I could not see the critter so I took the shot anyway and later on saw that I had actually got the shot.]