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Twin Swift
Borbo gemella
-25.9511, 32.5742
Field Notes
Description:
It is quite hard to find some substential information about this butterfly!
Habitat:
Urban area just before dawn, in a garden with very few flowers and no mud.
Notes:
This butterfly is found in Africa (including Madagascar) and south-western Arabia. In general the habitat consists of frost-free savanna and forests, but this example were found in an urban environment as written above.
Adults are attracted to flowers and males mud-puddle. Wingspan is about 42 mm and they are on wing all year round, with a peak in March and April.
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