Aeropetes

Mountain pride
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Melanitini
Genus: Aeropetes
Billberg, 1820
Species: A. tulbaghia
Binomial name
Aeropetes tulbaghia
(Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
  • (Genus) Meneris Doubleday, 1844
  • (Species) Papilio tulbaghia Linnaeus, 1764
  • (Species) Meneris tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)
upper side
underside

The Table Mountain beauty or Mountain pride (Aeropetes tulbaghia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.[1]

The wingspan is 70–78 mm for males and 75-90 for females. Adults are on wing from November to April (with peaks from December to March). There is one generation per year.[2]

It is the pollinator of the orchid Disa uniflora.

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Hyparrhenia hirta and Pennisetum clandestinum.

References

  1. Aeropetes, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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