Nepheronia buquetii

Plain Vagrant

At iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Colotini
Genus:	Nepheronia
Species:	N. buquetii
Binomial name
*Nepheronia buquetii* (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
Callidryas buquetii Boisduval, 1836 Eronia buqueti adam Suffert, 1904 Eronia buquetii var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862 Eronia buquetii var. arabica Hopffer, 1862 Eronia buquetii var. capensis Hopffer, 1862 Eronia zelinda Ward, 1873

Plain Vagrant, Buquet's Vagrant, or Green-eyed Monster (Nepheronia buquetii ) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found throughout Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 45–50 mm for males and 48–56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, more common in winter months.^[2]

The larvae feed on Azima tetracantha and Salvadora persica.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

N. b. buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) (northern Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania, Zambia, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa)
N. b. buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) (North Africa, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
N. b. pauliani Bernardi, 1958^[1] (Madagascar)

References

1 2 3 Nepheronia, funet.fi
1 2 Woodhall, Steve. (2005) Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publ.

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14

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