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The African tropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana (Butler) (Satyridae) is present throughout the year in Malawi. In the wet season (November until April), there is a rich abundance of its grass food plants, which die away in the dry season.
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Kooi, R.E. (1992). Host-plant selection by the tropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana . In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_18
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