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 App 4cm long. Pictured in Tanzania
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 Thanks Tony.
What would your best guess at a species be?
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 Somewhere near jasius, but I'm not sure which species. I'll check some books tomorrow, if I get a chance!
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 In my Butterflies of Tanzania the closest thing would be a male Ch. druceanus, but it is not that, sadly jasius is not illustrated. In Butterflies of Kenya Larsen has photos of the uppers of 3 species he separates out of the jasius group, but none of them fit either, that white still makes it nearer to druceanus. Sorry that is not much help.

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 Ahh, but in Butterflies of South Africa by Ivor Migdoll there is a photo of the underside of a male Ch. brutus natalensis that looks very much like your photo.

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 Thanks Tony and Gordon.
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