Pseudonympha gaika
| Pseudonympha gaika | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Pseudonympha |
| Species: | P. gaika |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudonympha gaika Riley, 1938[1] | |
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The Gaika Brown (Pseudonympha gaika) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa in the eastern Cape, then along the Amatolas, the north-east of the Witteberg and from Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal near the Drakensberg.
The wingspan is 46–48 mm for males and 48–52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
References
- ↑ Pseudonympha, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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