One of the most widespread and familiar butterflies in East Africa, the Brown-veined White will undertake mass migrations when food resources decline

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One of the most widespread and familiar butterflies in East Africa, the Brown-veined White will undertake mass migrations when food plants have been exhausted by their voracious caterpillars

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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