Apaturopsis cleochares
| Apaturopsis cleochares | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Apaturopsis |
| Species: | A. cleochares |
| Binomial name | |
| Apaturopsis cleochares (Hewitson, 1873)[1] | |
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Apaturopsis cleochares, the Painted Empress, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.
Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas, excrement and other decaying matter. They are on wing from September to May.
The larvae possibly feed on Obetia tenax.
Subspecies
- Apaturopsis cleochares cleochares (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western and northern Tanzania)
- Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei Schmidt, 1921 (central Kenya, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania: Usambara Mountains)
References
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- ↑ Apaturopsis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subfamily Apaturinae
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