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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFFBFFA59BFDF88DFEB8BD76" bold="true" box="[151,365,1820,1846]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Platylesches neba</emphasis>
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Although this species was described from Natal (
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) and
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only recorded specimens from
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, it is now known also from
<collectingCountry id="F33B68CCFFFBFFA599EBF816FD31BDE0" box="[641,740,1927,1952]" name="Namibia" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Namibia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F33B68CCFFFBFFA5999EF816FC99BDE0" box="[756,844,1927,1952]" name="Zambia" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Zambia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F33B68CCFFFBFFA59831F816FC06BDE0" box="[859,979,1927,1952]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F33B68CCFFFBFFA59F7BF816FB70BDE0" box="[1041,1189,1927,1952]" name="Mozambique" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
(
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Pringle
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFFBFFA59E7CF819FA9FBDE0" box="[1302,1354,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 1994
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFBD55ADFFFBFFA59BFDF83AFEBFBD84" author="Ackery" box="[151,362,1963,1988]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Ackery" pageId="69" pageNumber="70" refId="ref41160" refString="Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. &amp; Vane-Wright, R. I. (1995) Carcasson's African Butterflies. An annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. CSIRO Publications, Melbourne, Australia, 803 pp." type="book" year="1995">
Ackery
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFFBFFA59B9AF83DFEF4BD84" box="[240,289,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 1995
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,
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Heath
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFFBFFA59AD5F83DFE3ABD84" box="[447,495,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">et al</emphasis>
. 2002
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) and
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,
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(coll. Ducarme; T.B. Larsen pers. comm. 2012).. It is more widespread than
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFFBFFA599DDF85EFCFCBDA7" box="[695,809,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Pl. ayresii</emphasis>
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, but also feeds on both
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFFBFFA59F5FF841FB40BDA7" box="[1077,1173,2000,2023]" italics="true" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Parinari</emphasis>
spp.
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We note however, a suggestion by M.C. Williams (pers. comm. 2012) that
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA6984EFF06FC51BAF0" box="[804,900,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pl. neba</emphasis>
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may represent a complex of forms or species, similar to that we have recognised above for
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA699E4FF2DFCDCBA95" box="[654,777,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pl. moritili</emphasis>
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, with differing caterpillar forms.
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69BFDFF6FFECBBB57" box="[151,286,254,279]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Food plants</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFBD55ADFFF8FFA69BFDFEB3FEAEBB7B" author="Pringle" box="[151,379,290,315]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Pringle" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" refId="ref45070" refString="Pringle, E. L. L., Henning, G. A. &amp; Ball, J. B. (Eds.) (1994) Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Second Edition. Struik Winchester, Cape Town, South Africa, 800 pp." type="book" year="1994">
Pringle
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69B85FEB2FEFCBB7B" box="[239,297,290,315]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
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give the food plant as
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69915FEB2FCEABB7B" box="[639,831,290,315]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pa. curatellifolia</emphasis>
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, whereas
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Henning
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69F70FEB2FB9EBB7B" box="[1050,1099,290,315]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al</emphasis>
. (1997)
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and
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give it as
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<taxonomicName id="4C2C53DFFFF8FFA69A69FED6FE41BB1E" box="[259,404,327,350]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Chrysobalanaceae" genus="Parinari" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="capensis">Pa. capensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
TCEC has collected it from
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA699B3FED6FCB3BB1E" box="[729,870,327,350]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pa. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and in captivity it feeds on
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69FCCFED6FAB0BB1F" box="[1190,1381,326,351]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pa. curatellifolia</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69BFDFE1FFEC2BBE7" box="[151,279,398,423]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Life history</emphasis>
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The caterpillars of this species make tube shelters. TCEC found two caterpillar forms, one with a pale brown or reddish brown head (
<figureCitation id="131734D9FFF8FFA69AFAFE47FDE2BBAF" box="[400,567,470,495]" captionStart="FIGURE 79" captionStartId="71.[151,249,1238,1260]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1216]" captionTargetId="figure-292@71.[151,1436,193,1216]" captionTargetPageId="71" captionText="FIGURE 79. Early stages of Platylesches neba collected on Parinari capensis, Guateng, South Africa, TCEC. 1, final instar caterpillar, brown form, dorsal view, 10 Nov 1998, Krugersdorp; 2, dorsolateral view, as #1; 3, final instar head, brown form, anterodorsal view, 23 Sep 2008, Krugersdorp; 4, final instar head, brown form, anterior view, as #1; 5, final instar head, black form, anterodorsolateral view, 1 Oct 2008, Krugersdorp; 6, final instar, black form, dorsolateral view, 1 Oct 2008, Krugersdorp; 7, pupa, dorsolateral view showing darker colouring of maturing pupa, Krugersdorp, undated; 8, pupa, dorsolateral view showing lighter colouring of fresh pupa, 1 Oct 2008, Hillshaven." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5268000" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5268000/files/figure.png" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Figure 79.14</figureCitation>
), the other with a black head (
<figureCitation id="131734D9FFF8FFA698C2FE47FB84BBAF" box="[936,1105,470,495]" captionStart="FIGURE 79" captionStartId="71.[151,249,1238,1260]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1216]" captionTargetId="figure-292@71.[151,1436,193,1216]" captionTargetPageId="71" captionText="FIGURE 79. Early stages of Platylesches neba collected on Parinari capensis, Guateng, South Africa, TCEC. 1, final instar caterpillar, brown form, dorsal view, 10 Nov 1998, Krugersdorp; 2, dorsolateral view, as #1; 3, final instar head, brown form, anterodorsal view, 23 Sep 2008, Krugersdorp; 4, final instar head, brown form, anterior view, as #1; 5, final instar head, black form, anterodorsolateral view, 1 Oct 2008, Krugersdorp; 6, final instar, black form, dorsolateral view, 1 Oct 2008, Krugersdorp; 7, pupa, dorsolateral view showing darker colouring of maturing pupa, Krugersdorp, undated; 8, pupa, dorsolateral view showing lighter colouring of fresh pupa, 1 Oct 2008, Hillshaven." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5268000" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5268000/files/figure.png" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Figure 79.56</figureCitation>
). Pupae have not been field collected and this species probably pupates in leaf litter, as suspected for other tube shelter makers.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B93285CFFF8FFA69BADFD8FFC21B917" blockId="70.[151,1436,398,855]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">
The early stages documented by TCEC do not match those of
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA698A1FD8FFBFAB877" box="[971,1071,542,567]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pl. neba</emphasis>
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described and illustrated with photographs by
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Henning
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69ADEFDD2FE30B81B" box="[436,485,578,603]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al</emphasis>
. (1997)
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from
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA699EEFDD2FCC7B81A" box="[644,786,579,602]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pa. capensis</emphasis>
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(note the legends for their photographs of the second and fifth instar caterpillars have been transposed). The first two instars are green with a black head, the third instar intermediate, and the fourth and fifth instars have the head pale tan with creamy-white spots on front, outlined with brown. The pupa, as they point out is similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69801FD3FFC3CB887" box="[875,1001,686,711]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pl. moritili</emphasis>
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but with more pronounced dark lines along the wing cases and a blackish-brown head and thorax. The first leaf shelter is a tube, but the second and third are made by pulling two, then three, leaves together. Pupation was in the final leaf shelter. This life history seems closest to that of
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69A33FC8BFE01B973" box="[345,468,794,819]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pl. moritili</emphasis>
form
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69970FC8BFD87B973" box="[538,594,794,819]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">delta</emphasis>
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treated above, and we suggest the life history illustrated by
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Henning
<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69E09FC8AFA40B973" box="[1379,1429,794,819]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al</emphasis>
. (1997)
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may actually represent a taxon that is part of the
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<emphasis id="B958F44EFFF8FFA69860FCAFFC50B917" box="[778,901,830,855]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Pl. moritili</emphasis>
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complex.
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