Sevenia morantii
| Morant's tree hymph | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Sevenia |
| Species: | S. morantii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881) | |
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Sevenia morantii, the obscure tree nymph or Morant's tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa.
Wingspan: 40–45 mm in males and 43–50 mm in females.[1] Flight period year round but mainly between December and May.[1]
The larvae feed on Macaranga kilimandscharica, Excoecaria bussei and Sapium species (including S. ellipticum).
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