Issoria smaragdifera

Issoria smaragdifera
Issoria smaragdifera depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Issoria
Species: I. smaragdifera
Binomial name
Issoria smaragdifera
(Butler, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argynnis smaragdifera Butler, 1895

Issoria smaragdifera, the African Queen Fritillary, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.

Subspecies

References

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