Vanessa dimorphica
| Northern Short-tailed Admiral | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Vanessa |
| Species: | V. dimorphica |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Northern Short-tailed Admiral or Dimorphic Admiral (Vanessa dimorphica) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa and Madagascar.
Wingspan is 45–45 mm in males and 42–48 mm in females. Has two or three flight periods with peak between April and May.[1]
The larvae feed on Laportia peduncularis and Drogueria and Carduus species.[1]
This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus Antanartia, but recent molecular analyses reveals that it is more closely related to members of the genus Vanessa[2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[3]
- V. d. aethiopica Howarth, 1966 − (highlands of Ethiopia)
- V. d. comorica Howarth, 1966 – (Comoros)
- V. d. dimorphica Howarth, 1966 – (Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga)
- V. d. mortoni Howarth, 1966 – (eastern highlands of Nigeria, western Cameroon, Bioko)
References
- 1 2 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
- ↑ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa.". Systematic Entomology 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
- ↑ Antanartia, funet.fi
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