Gnophodes chelys

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Gnophodes chelys
Dusky evening brown (Gnophodes chelys) underside.jpg
in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Gnophodes
Species:
G. chelys
Binomial name
Gnophodes chelys
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio chelys Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio pythia Fabricius, 1793
  • Gnophodes morpena Westwood, 1851
  • Melanitis harpa Karsch, 1893
  • Gnophodes chelys f. iris Bartel, 1905
  • Gnophodes minchini Heron, 1909
  • Gnophodes minchini f. magniplaga Heron, 1909
  • Gnophodes chelys var. elucidata Grünberg, 1910

Gnophodes chelys, the dusky evening brown or lobed evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on Setaria (including and S. megaphylla) and Pennisetum species (including P. purpureum), as well as Olyra latifolia, , Imperata cylindrica, and .

References[]

  1. ^ "Gnophodes Doubleday, [1849]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2012-05-30.


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