Pepe pouri, the Helms’ butterfly or Forest ringlet (Dodonidia helmsii) is a rare native species of Aotearoa and the most at risk of extinction. It lives in forest clearings and along forest margins and is the only member of the genus Dodonidia. It is becoming increasingly rare as the native lowland sedge it’s larvae/caterpillars feed on decreases and due to the predation by parasitic Tachinid spp. flies which lay eggs on the food of the larva so they may use it as a host when they hatch.

Once widespread in Auckland and Wellington the forest ringlet’s main populations are now found close to tawai, tawhai beech forests in the South Island. Pepe pouri is pictured here with flowering kāmahi (Weinmannia racemosa), the nectar of which is a favourite of the imago (butterfly).

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