Protogoniomorpha anacardii
Clouded mother-of-pearl | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Junoniini |
Genus: | Protogoniomorpha |
Species: | P. anacardii |
Binomial name | |
Protogoniomorpha anacardii | |
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Protogoniomorpha anacardii, the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females.[2]
Its flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn.[2]
The species larval food is Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Isoglossa, Justicia, Mimulopsis, and Paulowilhelmia species.[1][2]
Subspecies
- P. a. anacardii (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Central African Republic to the Rift Valley)
- P. a. ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904) (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- P. a. duprei (Vinson, 1863) (Madagascar)
- P. a. nebulosa Trimen, 1881 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, Yemen)
- P. a. nebulosa
- P. a. duprei
- P. a. anacardii
- Dead P. a. duprei
- Vanesa anacardii (= Protogoniomorpha anacardii) by Dru Drury
References
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