Butterfly heaven
Aug 12, 2019
2 minutes
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS LIZETTE JONKER
Although they’re often thought of as pretty little jewels flitting around the garden, butterflies play an important role as pollinators. The only pollinator of the endangered red disa in the Western Cape is the mountain pride butterfly, without which, the disa would die out.
Unfortunately, as a result of urban development, many natural butterfly habitats have disappeared. Of South Africa’s 801 butterfly species, the South African
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