The red disa Disa uniflora, and the red crassula, Crassula coccinea, both flower in mid to late summer, and both are pollinated by the Mountain Pride butterfly, Aeropetes tulbaghia. This large butterfly with chocolate brown wings has the unique behavior of being drawn to the colour red. With its long proboscis (tongue), this butterfly is able to reach the nectar in the narrow tubular flowers of Crassula coccinea and other species with large red flowers such as the Cluster Disa, Disa ferruginea, the Red Nerine or Guernsey Lily, Nerine sarniensis, Strawberry Everlasting, Syncarpha eximia, April Fool, Haemanthus coccineus, and Mountain Pipes, Tritoniopsis triticea. These red-flowered plants are adapted to be pollinated by this butterfly and depend on it.

The Table Mountain Beauty is found in the mountainous areas of the Western Cape to the Drakensberg and into Zimbabwe. Butterflies are seen from spring (September) until autumn (May) and are most plentiful in summer (December-April).  They tend to stay on the mountain slopes and are not often seen in gardens. They lay their eggs on grasses. The caterpillars hide at the grass roots during the day and feed on the grass blades at night. There are two broods in a year, one in autumn and one in spring.