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620  Belenois thysa thysa
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Distribution: South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya
Wingspan: males 45–60 mm females 48–62 mm
Foodplants: Capparis species and Maerua racemulosa.
Flight Period: Year round in warm areas.

8 records, from 12/11/1991 to 1/8/1994

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.