Niphadolepis auricincta Butler, 1898 (Figs 35–36)

Niphadolepis auricincta Butler, 1898, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 57: 437, pl. 32, fig. 9. Type locality: [Kenya], British East Africa, Taru. Syntype, 1 male (NHMUK) – examined.

Material examined: Mozambique, MSR. 5 males, West Gate (Sand Forest, Sand Thicket), 22 m, 26°30′14.2″S, 32°42′59.6″E, 21–30.xi.2016, Aristophanous, M., Cristóvão, J., László, G., Miles, W. leg., ANHRT:2017.22 ; 1 male, same site and collectors, 3–13.xii.2016; 3 males, same site, 24–25.ii.2018, László, G., Mulvaney, J., Smith, L. leg. ANHRT:2018.2; 3 males, same site and collectors, 9–17.ii.2018; 1 male, same site and collectors, 10– 17.ii.2018; 2 males, same site and collectors, 13– 15.ii.2018;

Distribution: This species was described from a single specimen from Kenya. Our research has found it to also exist in Mozambique for the first time.