Antanartia schaeneia
Long tail admiral | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Antanartia |
Species: | A. schaeneia
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Binomial name | |
Antanartia schaeneia | |
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Antanartia schaeneia, the long tail admiral or long-tailed admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Africa.
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Both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit and males mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on , Boehmeria nivea, Australina, Boehmeria, Pouzolzia, and Urtica species.
Subspecies[]
- Antanartia schaeneia schaeneia (Cape, Natal, Transvaal)
- Antanartia schaeneia dubia (eastern Rhodesia to Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, eastern Zaire)
- Antanartia schaeneia diluta (Ethiopia)
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Antanartia schaeneia. |
- ^ "Antanartia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1879
- Nymphalini
- Taxa named by Roland Trimen
- Butterflies of Africa
- Nymphalinae stubs