Durbania limbata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Durbania |
| Species: | D. limbata |
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| Durbania limbata Trimen, 1887[1] | |
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Durbania limbata, the Natal rocksitter, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in grassland in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, the north-eastern Free State and south-western Mpumalanga.
The wingspan is 22–27 mm for males and 24–33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from March to April. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on cyanobacteria species.
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