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Genus Kallimoides: This is a monotypic genus, with the species K. rumia as its only representative and this butterfly was a common visitor to the fruit-traps.

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Kallimoides rumia.jpg

Kallimoides rumia (female, upper and underside) 

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Kallimoides rumia (male, upper and underside below) 

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Specific genus site links, references and bibliography

Kuppers, P. V., (2015). Genus Kallima, Butterflies of the World. Part 44, Nymphalidae 25, Bauer and Frankenbach, Keltern.

 

Williams, M.C., (2020). Genus Kallimoides. A section of Afrotropical Butterflies (17th Edition). Publication is available from Lepidopterists' Society of Africa website https://www.lepsocafrica.org/?p=publications&s=atb.

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