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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Marsh Sylph (Metisellam meninx) – Skipper

Family Hesperiidae
The sexes are very similar. In the photographs, the first two are of the female and the last two, the male.
These skippers have a very small distribution area which covers the New Castle area, the western Mpumalanga and Gauteng then are only found in flatlands and wetlands.
Females lay a single white to pale blue egg on certain marsh grasses.

Info from: Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa (Steve Woodhall)