Heteropsis phaea

Heteropsis phaea
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	H. phaea
Binomial name
Heteropsis phaea (Karsch, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
Mycalesis phaea Karsch, 1894 Henotesia phaea Henotesia phaea katangensis Overlaet, 1955 Henotesia phaea katangensis f. albata Overlaet, 1955 Henotesia phaea ignota Libert, 2006

Heteropsis phaea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of open Brachystegia woodland.

Subspecies[]

• Heteropsis phaea phaea (Angola, eastern and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania, western Kenya, Zambia)
• Heteropsis phaea ignota (Libert, 2006) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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