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Large Flat
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Large Flat

Apallaga mokeezi

Apallaga mokeezi, also known as the large sprite, large flat or Christmas forester, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa (from Transkei to KwaZulu-Natal and Transvaal) and Mozambique. The habitat consists coastal forests and montane forests.

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Large Flat in History of the Northern Peoples

History of the Northern Peoples

Olaus Magnus · 1555 · p.865

Large Flat in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.471

Large Flat in Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)

Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)

Louis Renard · 1754 · p.122

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 958803.