Anthene amarah
The Black-striped Hairtail is a tiny (wingspan less than 3cm) butterfly with a wide distribution across southern, eastern and northern South Africa and a special fondness for thorn trees – adults relish the flowers while caterpillars subsist on the leaves. Adults can be seen year-round though they’re much more numerous in summer when they can sometimes be seen together in groups numbering several dozen.
Black-striped Hairtail
Black-striped Hairtail
Black-striped Hairtail
Black-striped Hairtail
Black-striped Hairtail
Black-striped Hairtail
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What a little beauty. It kind of resembles the hairstreak we have here.
This is an enormously diverse family of butterflies and I must admit many of them look exactly the same to my untrained eye!
As always, I am in awe of your patience and quick trigger finger when capturing butterlies on film.
Thank you very much, Anne! Photographing butterflies is something I particularly enjoy!
Small but lovely.
Often the case if we pay attention to the little things!
True.
So beautiful. Butterflies are always a joy.
That is very true, Lakshmi. I am glad that winter’s coming to an end here in South Africa and we’ll be seeing more butterflies soon.