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

• Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
• Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994) (western Tanzania)
• Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
• Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994) (south-central Tanzania)

References

1. Heteropsis, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina