Issoria smaragdifera
Issoria smaragdifera | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Issoria |
Species: | I. smaragdifera
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Issoria smaragdifera | |
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Issoria smaragdifera, the African queen fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies[]
- Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera (highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961 (southern highlands of Tanzania and possibly Zambia)
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Issoria smaragdifera. |
- ^ "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1895
- Issoria
- Butterflies of Africa
- Heliconiinae stubs