Sevenia morantii
Appearance
(Redirected from Obscure Tree Nymph)
Morant's tree hymph | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Sevenia |
Species: | S. morantii
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Binomial name | |
Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881)
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Synonyms | |
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Sevenia morantii, the obscure tree nymph or Morant's tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa.
Wingspan: 40–45 mm in males and 43–50 mm in females.[1] Flight period year round but mainly between December and May.[1]
The larvae feed on Macaranga kilimandscharica, Excoecaria bussei and Sapium species (including S. ellipticum).
References
[edit]- ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.