Heteropsis perspicua

Heteropsis perspicua
Heteropsis perspicua depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Genus: Heteropsis
Species: H. perspicua
Binomial name
Heteropsis perspicua
(Trimen, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis perspicua Trimen, 1873
  • Henotesia perspicua
  • Mycalesis maevius Staudinger, 1888
  • Henotesia perspicua ab. submaevius Strand, 1910
  • Henotesia perspicua ab. amanica Strand, 1910

The Eyed Bush Brown, Swamp Patroller or Marsh Patroller (Heteropsis perspicua) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, from Zimbabwe to Kenya, in eastern Zaire and Tanzania.[2]

The wingspan is 38–43 mm for males and 42-48 for females. Adults are on wing year round. The wet season form is on wing in spring and summer and the dry season form in autumn and winter[3]

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Panicum maximum and Pennisetum clandestinum.

Subspecies

References

  1. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
  2. Heteropsis, Site of Markku Savela
  3. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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