Nepheronia argia
Species of butterfly
Large vagrant | |
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male N. a. argia Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Nepheronia |
Species: | N. argia |
Binomial name | |
Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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Nepheronia argia, the large vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 50–65 mm for males and 48–70 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.[2]
The larvae feed on Hippocratea longipetolata, Cassipurea ruwenzorensis, and Ritchiea species.[1][2]
Subspecies
- N. a. argia (Fabricius, 1775) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Sudan, northern Uganda)
- N. a. argolisia (Stoneham, 1957) (Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
- N. a. mhondana (Suffert, 1904) (eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, central and northern Mozambique)
- N. a. varia (Trimen, 1864) (South Africa)
- N. a. variegata Henning, 1994 (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)[1]
- Male N. a. varia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Female N. a. argia, Bobiri Forest, Ghana
References
- ^ a b c Nepheronia, funet.fi
- ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 form aurora Suffert, 1904
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