Ariadne enotrea
| Ariadne enotrea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ariadne |
| Species: | A. enotrea |
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| Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, 1779)[1] | |
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Ariadne enotrea, the African Castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests (especially disturbed areas) and heavy woodland.
The larvae feed on Tragia benthami, Tragia volubilis, Tragia brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia.
Subspecies
- Ariadne enotrea enotrea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Ariadne enotrea archeri Carcasson, 1958 (western Tanzania, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Ariadne, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini
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