Rainforest brown

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WildFlower

Lion

Nice butterfly Claire, but it's not a Silver-bottom brown because of the yellow rings around the spots and no orange on the hindwings. It is more likely a Rainforest Brown (Cassionympha cassius).
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/butterflies/nymphalidae/cassionympha_cassius.htm Posted 11 years ago
1. Claire Hamilton
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Wilflower! Posted 11 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

What a very nice discovery, this must have made your day. Posted 11 years ago

The Rainforest Brown

The Rainforest Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, it is common in cool and moist forests, coastal and riverine bush and kloofs in the western Cape along the western coast through the eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern slopes of the escarpment through Swaziland and Mpumalanga to the Soutpansberg in the Limpopo Province.

The wingspan is 34–38 mm for males and 36–42 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to May .

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Claire Hamilton