Egybolis vaillantina - Peach moth

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Egybolis vaillantina

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique

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Notes: This spectacular species is one of the few truely diurnal moths
Distribution: From the Cape in South Africa to Kenya, favouring coastal areas and low-altitude river valleys
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Egybolis vaillantina .
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401120, retrieved 27 April 2025

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