TL: [South Africa]: “Natal and St. Lucia Bay”
Habitat
- Savanna
38-43 mm
42-48 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
AfrikaansMoeraswagter 
EnglishEyed Bush Brown EnglishMarsh Patroller EnglishSwamp Patroller
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Ehrharta erecta Panic veldtgrass Poaceae Panicum maximum Guinea grass Poaceae Pennisetum clandestinum Kikuyu grass Poaceae Poaceae Grasses
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Henotesia perspicua Trimen, 1873 Heteropsis perspicua Trimen, 1873 Mycalesis perspicua Trimen, 1873
- Brakefieldia perspicua is a member of the clade Brakefieldia eliasis-eliasis:
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Species Author Brakefieldia angolensis (Kielland, 1994) Brakefieldia centralis (Aurivillius, 1903) Brakefieldia eliasis (Hewitson, [1866]) Brakefieldia perspicua (Trimen, 1873) Brakefieldia phaea (Karsch, 1894) Brakefieldia simonsii (Butler, 1877)
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database
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