Heteropsis ubenica

Heteropsis ubenica
Heteropsis ubenica depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heteropsis
Species: H. ubenica
Binomial name
Heteropsis ubenica
(Thurau, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Henotesia ubenica Thurau, 1903
  • Henotesia ubenica ab. unicinata Thurau, 1903
  • Henotesia ubenica mahale Kielland, 1990
  • Henotesia ubenica ugandica Kielland, 1990
  • Henotesia ubenica uzungwa Kielland, 1990

Heteropsis ubenica is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The nominate subspecies is found in montane grassland, forest edges and in open glades within forests. The habitat of subspecies mahale consists of open montane bamboo-mixed forest, subspecies ugandica occurs in sub-montane deciduous woodland and subspecies uzungwa is found in sub-montane and montane grassland, open woodland and forest margins.

Subspecies

References

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