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| Kibale forest, Uganda Feb 1960 ssp. mimeticus male yellow form | Kibale forest, Uganda Feb 1960 ssp. mimeticus male red form |
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| SW Ethiopia ssp. abyssinicus | same data verso |
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| "Que Atlantica, Cameroun" July ssp schultei | |
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| Cameroun ssp shultei female | Cameroun ssp shultei female |
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| Southwest Kenya (only data ) ssp commixtus? | Uluguru Mtns, N Tanzania (new subspecies - not sure of name) |
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| La Ngara Forest, Nairobi, Kenya ssp rex | La Ngara Forest, Nairobi, Kenya June 4 1957 female ssp rex |
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| Kenya ssp regulus (?) |
Not rare (though some subspecies may be),
rex is
a powerful flier high in the forest canopy and thus generally not well
represented in collections. A striking mimic of Danaid species in central/east
Africa. Males and less often females can be caught visiting flowers in
the afternoons.