Sevenia rosa

Rosa's Tree Nymph
Sevenia rosa depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Sevenia
Species: S. rosa
Binomial name
Sevenia rosa
(Hewitson, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Crenis rosa Hewitson, 1877
  • Sallya rosa
  • Crenis mafiae Staudinger, 1897

The Rosa's Tree Nymph (Sevenia rosa) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family found in South Africa.

Wingspan: 50–60 mm in males and 52–62 mm in females.[1]

Flight period is recorded as October to January but might be year-round.[1]

Larval food is Sapium ellipticum, Maprounes africana and Pseudolachnostylis species.

References

  1. 1 2 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.


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