FIGURE 30 in Observations on the Biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 8. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Dracaena Feeders

FIGURE 30. Caterpillar and adult of Artitropa erinnys nyasae collected as ovum on Dracaena sp. probably steudneri, Lilongwe, Malawi, 22 Jul 2001, MJWC 01/101. 1–2, second instar caterpillar; moulted to second instar 31 Jul; photographed 1 Aug; moulted to third instar 4 Aug; 11mm: 1, detail of head, anterodorsal view; 2, dorsal view; 3–5, fifth, final instar caterpillar, moulted to fifth instar approx. 18 Aug; photographed 28 Aug; pupated 5 Sep; 45mm: 3, posterior segments, dorsolateral view; 4, head and anterior segments, anterodorsolateral view; 5, head, anterodorsal view. 6, adult male underside, emerged and photographed 10 Oct; note the left forewing and hind wing are distorted at the tornus where the silk girdle dug into the pupa wings.