Mashuna mashuna

Mashuna mashuna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mashuna
Species: M. mashuna
Binomial name
Mashuna mashuna
(Trimen, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypthima mashuna Trimen, 1895

Mashuna mashuna, the Mashuna ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas in savanna and grassland.

The larvae feed on Cynodon species.

References

  1. ↑ "Mashuna van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina


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