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Satyrium macrophyllum

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Orchidaceae > Genus: Satyrium

Satyrium macrophyllum Satyrium macrophyllum

Satyrium macrophyllum flowering in Erin Forest Reserve, Inyanga. Zimbabwe. [photos Darrel Plowes ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Satyrium macrophyllum Satyrium macrophyllum

Satyrium macrophyllum flowering in Erin Forest Reserve, Inyanga. Zimbabwe. [photo Darrel Plowes ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Long proboscid fly (Prosoeca ganglbaueri), with pollinia attached, pollinating Satyriuym macrophyllum. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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