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Butterflies 68 – Geranium Bronzes
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus
marshalli
GERANIUM
BRONZE BUTTERFLY Cacyreus marshalli
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The Geranium Bronze Butterfly Cacyreus marshalli is
somewhat unusual amongst European butterflies as it has managed to become
established as an invasive, non-native species. This Lycaenid is an inhabitant
of Southern Africa, and it was inadvertently transported to Europe in imported
flowers during the late 1980s. The adults are often to be seen feeding on Geraniums
and other cultivated flowers in European towns and as the larvae feed on these flowers
it may be considered as a pest. This butterfly has also reached the UK, but it
has never managed to establish permanent breeding colonies. The ‘tails’, and eye-spots
on the hindwings provide decoy targets for predatory birds, drawing their
attention away from the vital organs in the head.
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