Pseudargynnis

Pseudargynnis
Pseudargynnis hegemone and Pseudargynnis hegemone nyassae Bartel, 1905 depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudargynnis
Karsch, 1892
Species: P. hegemone
Binomial name
Pseudargynnis hegemone
(Godart, 1819)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argynnis hegemone Godart, 1819
  • Jaera duodecipunctata Snellen, 1872
  • Aterica clorana Druce, 1874
  • Pseudargynnis hegemone nyassae Bartel, 1905
  • Pseudargynnis hegemone ab. obscurata Grünberg, 1910
  • Pseudargynnis hegemone f. duplicata Riley, 1932

This genus is monotypic. The single species Pseudargynnis hegemone, the false fritillary, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of open grassy and marshy habitats in tropical savanna and open forests.

The larvae feed on Dissotis species (including Dissotis denticulata) and possibly Antherotoma naudinii.

References

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  1. ↑ Pseudargynnis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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