Aphysoneura pigmentaria
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| Aphysoneura pigmentaria depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Aphysoneura |
| Species: | A. pigmentaria |
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| Aphysoneura pigmentaria Karsch, 1894[1] | |
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Aphysoneura pigmentaria, the Bamboo Painted Ringlet or Bamboo Ringlet, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of the bamboo zone of montane forests.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Sinarundinaria alpina, Oxytenanthera abyssinica and Festuca africana.
Subspecies
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria pigmentaria (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria dewittei Bouyer, 2001 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria kanga Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (southern Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919 (Zambia, Malawi: south to Mount Mlanje)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria mbulu Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Mbulu highlands)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923 (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894) (eastern Uganda, Kenya: Kikuyu to Victoria Nyanza)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria semilatilimba Kielland, 1989 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania: montane areas of Kigoma, Mpanda and Ufipa)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria seminigra Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria songeana Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Kitesa Forest in the Matengo Hills)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria uzungwa Kielland, 1989 (east-central Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria vumba Kielland, 1989 (Zimbabwe)
References
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- ↑ Aphysoneura, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini
External links
- NSG database Aphysoneura pigmentaria Karsch 1894 image
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