Wolkberg Zulu Butterfly by Ken _Gilliland
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Description
Here's is the Wolkberg Zulu Butterfly of South Africa. It is t is only found on the grassy slopes adjoining Afromontane forest in the Haenertsburg area of Limpopo near the Wolkberg mountain range.
It is under severe threat from alien tree plantations as only two colonies are known to exist. Expanding human settlements pose the biggest threat to this rare butterfly species. With the future of the Wolkberg Zulu and other threatened butterflies at risk, the Lepidopterists’ Society of Africa has launched an intensive research program to learn as much as possible about Africa's critically endangered butterfly species so that well-planned conservation efforts can be put in place in the future (and at the current rate of habitat destruction that day is probably not too far off).

Comments (4)
This butterfly is really bright & beautiful! I hope that it will survive!
That's really lovely.
Beautiful shades of orange :)
Beautiful!!!