Sevenia rosa
| Rosa's Tree Nymph | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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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.
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