Eronia cleodora

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Vine-leaf vagrant

| image = Vine-leaf Vagrant, Africa.jpg

| image_caption = Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

| image2 = Vine-leaf_Vagrant_21_09_2010.JPG

| image2_caption = Captive raised, Amanzimtoti, South Africa

| genus = Eronia

| species = cleodora

| authority = Hübner, [1823]

| synonyms =

  • Eronia erxia Hewitson, 1867
  • Eronia cleodora f. semipunctata Le Doux, 1923
  • Eronia cleodora f. punctata Le Doux, 1923
  • Eronia cleodora f. erxia ab. unipuncta Dufrane, 1947
  • Eronia dilatata Butler, 1888
  • Eronia cleodora var. latimarginata Weymer, 1892
  • Eronia cleodora f. dorothea Stoneham, 1957

}}

Eronia cleodora, the vine-leaf vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.[http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/eronia/index.html Eronia], funet.fi

Image:Vine-leaf Vagrant side view wings open 21 09 2010.JPG

The wingspan is 45–60 mm for males and 50–62 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in spring and late summer.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

The larvae feed on Capparis fascicularis.

Subspecies

  • Eronia cleodora cleodora (southern and eastern Africa)
  • Eronia cleodora dilatata Butler, 1888 (coast of Kenya and Tanzania)

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