Pardopsis punctatissima

Pardopsis punctatissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pardopsis
Species:	P. punctatissima
Binomial name
Pardopsis punctatissima (Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
Acraea punctatissima Boisduval, 1833 Acraea stictica Boisduval, 1847

The Polka Dot (Pardopsis punctatissima) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in fynbos, lowland and afromontane forest and grassland from the Van Staden’s Pass in the East Cape and then along the foothills of the eastern escarpment into Mpumalanga and the Limpopo Province, north to Mozambique and then from Zimbabwe to Abyssinia. It is also present in Madagascar.

The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and 33–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with a peak from October to March.^[2]

The larvae feed on Hybanthus capensis.

References

1. Pardopsis, Site of Markku Savela
2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.