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567  Euchrysops subpallida
      Ashen smoky blue
   Malolotja Mlawula

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Distribution: Kenya, from Tanzania to Malawi, Zambia, southern Zaire (Shaba), Zimbabwe and South Africa. In South Africa it is rare and only known from the northern part of the Limpopo Province and northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Wingspan: males 23-25 mm females 24-28 mm
Foodplants: Probably Becium species.
Flight Period: From September to February depending on rains. There is one generation per year.

9 records, from 11/3/1966 to 3/1/2015

Distribution, food plant and other information from Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005; Butterflies of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens, An illustrated checklist, compiled by Christopher Willis and Steve Woodall; Ivor Migdoll's Field Guide to the Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Publishers, 1987, with additional information from Pennington's Butterflies. Larval food plants quoted are restricted to those species recorded from Swaziland. Numbers for each species are from Pennington's Butterflies.