Ariadne pagenstecheri

Ariadne pagenstecheri
Ariadne pagenstecheri depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ariadne
Species: A. pagenstecheri
Binomial name
Ariadne pagenstecheri
(Suffert, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ergolis pagenstecheri Suffert, 1904
  • Ergolis murina Bartel, 1905
  • Ergolis pagenstecheri f. aurantiaca Heron, 1909

Ariadne pagenstecheri, the Scalloped Castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and the eastern and central parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of the margins of sub-montane and montane forests.

The larvae feed on Tragia brevipes.

References

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