Sevenia garega

Sevenia garega
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sevenia
Species: S. garega
Binomial name
Sevenia garega
(Strand, 1911)[1]
Synonyms
  • Crenis garega Karsch, 1892
  • Sallya garega
  • Asterope ansorgei Rothschild and Jordan, 1903

Sevenia garega, the Montane Tree Nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Sapium mannicum.

References

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