Seychelles fineliner  (Teinobasis alluaudi)

Description

The Seychelles fineliner has a vivid orange to red thorax and tip to the long, slender abdomen, and distinctive black markings on its head. However, individuals observed found on Pemba Island and Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa, during a survey in October 2001, have only been observed with a greenish thorax. Since these individuals showed no mating or egg-laying behaviour at the time (dry season), it is possible that either the orange-red colour develops only in the breeding season, or that this green colouration simply represents a natural population difference in these regions. Nevertheless, specimens found in the Buda Forest (Kenya) and Ngumburuni Forest (Tanzania) during the breeding season showed the vivid orange thorax as described above. Females appear similar to males, but tend to be slightly paler in colour (2).

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