Hamanumida daedalus
Appearance
Hamanumida daedalus | |
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Both in Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Limenitidinae |
Genus: | Hamanumida Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | H. daedalus
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Binomial name | |
Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775)
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Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and only member of the genus Hamanumida.
Range
[edit]It is found in the Afrotropical realm[1] (Natal, Eswatini, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.[2]
Food plants
[edit]The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.
References
[edit]- ^ Funet
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.