Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857

Collins, Steve C., 2017, Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 12. New information and corrections, Zootaxa 4312 (3), pp. 471-496 : 481

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2B704D83-8Fb5-41C6-B558-3A1Dbe9Ede66
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6029809
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DB357E4F-AB05-FF8C-FF1D-B66FCEB5F8CC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucochitonea levubu Wallengren, 1857
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Otto et al. (2013) reared this species from Grewia baillonii (= G. bicolor ) and G. monticola (Malvaceae) in The Kruger National Park area, South Africa, and illustrate the ovum and young caterpillar. The former is covered with yellow scales in a similar way to those of Abantis spp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Hesperiidae
Genus	Leucochitonea

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae
Genus	Grewia

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