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it’s a female?

The Collins Guide to the Wild Flowers of East Africa by Michael BLUNDELL - has no record of this species. Thanks go out to Elena IOGANSON, Daniel CAHEN & Diana STUDER for the ID.

Boiled and used as a red dye.

L-R: Female & Male

Purple-flowered Hibiscus.

Copulating pair.

Cucumis

Found in dry rocky grassland in altitudes 530-1650m.

Adult male in full breeding plumage.

Adult male.

Adult female.

Kindly, assist with ID. Thanks in advance!

Picture taken at Limpopo-Lipadi Reserve, Tuli Block, Botswana.

Common Name: Sepia Ringlet.

Confirmed it is Homopholis arnoldi. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the ID!!

Please assist with ID, thanks!

Bee wolf (Philanthus sp.)

Alternative name: Colotis danae annae.

Carpet Flower.

Picture taken at Limpopo-Lipadi Reserve, Tuli Block, Botswana.

(Ruellia cordata) Veld Violet.

Picture taken at Limpopo-Lipadi Reserve, Tuli Block, Botswana.

Male.

Exotic species. Planted within the compound of Ngulia Safari Lodge.

Female.

Alternative name: Southern Long-tailed Lizard.

Immature.

Adult male.

Adult male; full breeding plumage!

An endemic species.

Alternative name: Petra Flower.

Endemic species.