ABN 2023-3

After a slow start to the year in the Lowveld areas of South Africa, butterfly emergences picked up considerably in April. Also, there has been quite a bit of progress with the butterfly centre (refer to page 9).Good news is that a large batch of Aloeides and Thestor DNA samples that I submitted to Pasi Sihvonen last year have been barcoded. Unfortunately, I haven’t had an opportunity to assess these results yet – further updates to the Aloeides and Thestor Projects will be included in July’s newsletter.