Ypthimomorpha

Ypthimomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Ypthimomorpha
van Son, 1955
Species: Y. itonia
Binomial name
Ypthimomorpha itonia
(Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypthima itonia Hewitson, 1865
  • Yphthima hoehneli Holland, 1896
  • Ypthima hoehneli
  • Ypthima itonia ab. microocellata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima itonia ab. quadriocellata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima itonia ab. pluripupillata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima itonia ab. subocellata Strand, 1909
  • Ypthima itonia ab. pluriocellata Strand, 1913

Ypthimomorpha is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Ypthimomorpha itonia, the Marsh ringlet or Swamp Ringlet, which is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, northern and eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of open, moist areas and marshes on forest margins.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

References

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  1. ↑ Ypthimomorpha, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina


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