Heteropsis perspicua
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| Upper and underside of H. perspicua in Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
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Heteropsis perspicua, the eyed bush brown, swamp patroller or marsh patroller, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is native to eastern and southern Africa, but a western subspecies is present in Cameroon.
Range[]
It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, from Zimbabwe to Kenya, in eastern Zaire and Tanzania.[2]
Description[]
The wingspan is 38–43 mm for males and 42–48 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round. The wet-season form is on wing in spring and summer and the dry-season form in autumn and winter.[3]
Food plants[]
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Panicum maximum and Pennisetum clandestinum.
Subspecies[]
- Heteropsis perspicua perspicua (Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
- Heteropsis perspicua camerounica (Kielland, 1994) (northern Cameroon)
References[]
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
- ^ "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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Categories:
- Elymniini
- Butterflies described in 1873
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Roland Trimen
- Heteropsis stubs