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AFROTROPICAL BUTTERFLIES. MARK C. WILLIAMS. http://www.lepsocafrica.org/?p=publications&s=atb Updated 17 June 2020 Genus Afrodryas Stoneham, 1957 Autumn-leaf Vagrant Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (70): [1] ([3 pp.]). [Replacement name for Dryas Boisduval.] = Dryas Boisduval, 1847. In: Delegorgue, A., Voyage dans l’Afrique australe 2: 588 (585-602). Type-species: Dryas leda Boisduval, by monotypy. [Invalid; junior homonym of Dryas Hübner, [1807].] The genus Afrodryas belongs to the Family Pieridae Swainson, 1820; Subfamily Pierinae Swainson, 1820; Tribe Teracolini Reuter, 1896. The other genera in the Tribe Teracolini in the Afrotropical Region are Colotis, Eronia, Teracolus, Calopieris, Pinacopteryx and Gideona. Afrodryas (Autumn-leaf Vagrant) is a monobasic Afrotropical genus. The genus was treated as a synonym of Eronia by Ackery et al., 1995 but ressurected by Nazari et al, 2011 stat. rev. *Afrodryas leda (Boisduval, 1847)# Autumn-leaf Vagrant Left: Female Autumn-leaf Vagrant (Afrodryas leda), Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal (image courtesy Steve Woodhall). Centre and right: Male Autumn-leaf Vagrant, Burman Bush, Durban (image courtesy Steve Woodhall). Dryas leda Boisduval, 1847. In: Delegorgue, A., Voyage dans l’Afrique australe 2: 588 (585-602). Eronia leda Boisduval. Butler, 1869. Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1837). Trimen & Bowker, 1889. Eronia leda Boisduval. Swanepoel, 1953a. Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847). Dickson & Kroon, 1978. Eronia leda (De Boisduval, 1847). Pringle et al., 1994: 283. Afrodryas leda (Boisduval, 1847). Nazari et al., 2011. comb. rev. 1 Afrodryas leda. Male (Wingspan 53 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Bergpan, Limpopo Province, South Africa. February, 2006. M. Williams. Images M.C. Williams ex Williams Collection. Afrodryas leda. Female (Wingspan 53 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Mpaphuli Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa. 19 June 2005. J. Dobson. Images M.C.Williams ex Dobson Collection. Afrodryas leda. Female. Left – upperside; right – underside. 30 km west of Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 18 February 2009. Images M.C. Williams ex J. Greyling Collection. Alternative common name: Orange and Lemon. Type locality: South Africa: “Pays de Amazoulous”. Distribution: Nigeria (north-east), Chad, Sudan (south), Ethiopia (south), Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu, Shaba, Haut-Lomani, Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Tanganika), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana (north), Namibia (north), South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province – north-east), Swaziland. Specific localities: Nigeria – Vom, Jos Plateau (Boorman & Roche, 1973); Maiduguri (Larsen, 1991c); Wikki, Adamawa (Larsen, 2005a). Ethiopia – Maroko (Strand, 1911). 2 Kenya – Karunga (Stoneham, 1957); Sakwa (Stoneham, 1957); Luoland (Stoneham, 1957); Nyanza (Stoneham, 1957). Democratic Republic of Congo – Goma (Dufrane, 1945); Semuliki Valley (Ducarme, 2018); Mt Mitumba (Ducarme, 2018). Uganda – Semuliki N.P. (S. Forbes, pers. comm., 2017). Tanzania – Dar es Salaam (Suffert, 1904); Mikindani (Gaede, 1916); Mpanda (Kielland, 1990d); Kigoma (Kielland, 1990d); Northern Highlands (Kielland, 1990d); Uluguru Mountains (Kielland, 1990d); Mwanihana Forest (Kielland, 1990d); Rubeho Mountains (Kielland, 1990d); Pugu Hills (Kielland, 1990d); Masagati Forest (Kielland, 1990d); Katavi National Park (Fitzherbert et al., 2006). Malawi – Mt Mulanje (Congdon et al., 2010). Zambia – Mwinilunga (Heath et al., 2002); the Copperbelt (Heath et al., 2002); Choma (Heath et al., 2002); Lusaka (Heath et al., 2002); Zambezi Valley (Heath et al., 2002); Luangwa Valley (Heath et al., 2002). Mozambique – Mt Mecula [-12.0772 37.6297] (Congdon & Bayliss, 2013). Botswana – Chobe (Larsen, 1991); Okavango (Larsen, 1991); Kasane (Larsen, 1991); Nata (N. Ashby vide Larsen, 1991). Limpopo Province – Mica (Swanepoel, 1953); Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve (Swanepoel, 1953); Tzaneen (Swanepoel, 1953); Mokeetzi (Swanepoel, 1953); Molimo’s location (Swanepoel, 1953); Sibasa (Swanepoel, 1953); Entabeni Forest (Swanepoel, 1953); Wyliespoort (Swanepoel, 1953); Saltpan (Swanepoel, 1953); Punda Milia; Buzzard Mountain Retreat [- 23.012 29.765] (Williams, unpub., 2015). Mpumalanga – Barberton (Swanepoel, 1953); Komatipoort (Swanepoel, 1953); Butterfly Farm south of Malelane (Williams); Serenity, south of Malelane (Williams). KwaZulu-Natal – Oribi Gorge (Swanepoel, 1953); Port Shepstone (Swanepoel, 1953); Umkomaas (Swanepoel, 1953); Durban (Swanepoel, 1953); Stanger (Swanepoel, 1953); Eshowe (Swanepoel, 1953); Empangeni (Swanepoel, 1953); Hluhluwe (Swanepoel, 1953); St. Lucia Bay (Swanepoel, 1953); False Bay (Swanepoel, 1953); Mkuze (Swanepoel, 1953); Kosi Bay Nature Reserve (Swanepoel, 1953); Tembe Nature Reserve (Pringle & Kyle, 2002); Ndumo Nature Reserve (Pringle & Kyle, 2002). Eastern Cape Province – Bashee River (Swanepoel, 1953); Port St Johns (Swanepoel, 1953). Swaziland – Mlawula N. R. (www.sntc.org.sz). Habitat: Frost-free savanna and forest margins. In Tanzania from 75 to 2 100 m (Kielland, 1990d). In West Africa in dense Sudan savanna thickets and riverine bush (Larsen, 2005a). Habits: Very fast-flighted and restless, usually from two to three metres above the ground. Settles occasionally to feed from flowers (especially Maerua), but usually only for a few seconds (Pringle et al., 1994). Rarely mudpuddles (Kielland, 1990d; Larsen, 2005a). Flight period: All year but scarcer in winter (Pringle et al., 1994). Early stages: Dickson & Kroon, 1978. Henning, Henning, Joannou, & Woodhall, 1997: 272. (photogaph of final instar larva on p. 273). Egg pale lemon-yellow. Size – 1,8 mm high by 0,5 mm in diameter. Small, dark brown marks appear on the surface 12 hours before eclosion. First instar larva ochreous at first, becoming greenish; head shiny black; growing to 8 mm in length. Head and body of second instar larva shiny green; fine white setae; growing to 11 mm in length. Third instar with head and body dull leaf-green; whitish setae; fine, small yellow papillae. Full- grown larva 35 mm in length. Pupa green or brownish with brown-ringed white spot on underside of abdomen; wing cases strongly keeled. Egg laid singly on the leaves of the foodplant, usually on the edge of the leaf. Egg stage about 12 days. After eclosion the egg shell is consumed. The duration of the first larval instar is about 10 days and the second lasts about 8 days. The larva is leaf-like. The pupa is attached to a silk pad by the cremaster and is girdled. Larval food: Cadaba species (Capparaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 127]. Capparis caleagnous Gilg (Capparaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 317]. Capparis sepiaria L. var. fischeri (Pax) DeWolf (Capparaceae) [Kielland, 1990d: 55; as Capparis corymbosa]. Capparis fascicularis DC. var. elaeagnoides (Gilg) DeWolf (Capparaceae) [Kielland, 1990d: 55; as 3 Capparis elaeagnoides]. Capparis sepiaria L. (Capparaceae) [Henning, Henning, Joannou, & Woodhall, 1997: 273]. Capparis tomentosa Lam. (Capparaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 317; Dickson & Kroon, 1978]. Maerua species (Capparaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Salvadora persica L. (Salvadoraceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 317]. tekoukoule Guérin-Méneville, 1849 (as sp. of Anthocharis). In: Lefebrve, T., Voyage en Abyssinie (4) 6 (Zooologie): 367 (364-386). Ethiopia: “Abyssinie”. wahlbergi Wallengren, 1857 (as sp. of Dryas). Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm annis 1838-1845. Collecta (n.s.) 2 (4): 17 (55 pp.). South Africa: “Caffraria”. Holotype in the Swedish Natural History Museum (images available at www2.nrm.se/en/lep_nrm/w). trimeni Oberthür, 1878 (as sp. of Eronia). Études d’Entomologie 3: 20 (1-48). No locality given. cygnophila Suffert, 1904 (as ssp. of Eronia leda). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 17: 85 (12- 107). Tanzania: “Dar-es-Salaam”. pupillata Strand, 1911 (as ab. of Eronia leda). Entomologische Rundschau 28: 140 (137-141). Ethiopia: “Maroko in Abyssinien”. inargyrata Gaede, 1916 (as var. of Eronia leda). Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 9: 109 (105- 106, 109-112, 125-126). Tanzania: “Mikindani, Deutsch O.-Afrika”. gomensis Dufrane, 1945 (as ab. of Eronia leda f. trimeni). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 81: 92 (90-143). Democratic Republic of Congo: “Goma”. flava Dufrane, 1945 (as ab. of Eronia leda f. trimeni). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 81: 92 (90-143). Democratic Republic of Congo: “Goma”. clytaemnestra Stoneham, 1957 (as female f. of Afrodryas leda). Bulletin of the Stoneham Museum (70): [2] ([3 pp.]). Kenya: “Karunga, Sakwa, Luoland, Nyanza”. 4.