Pseudonympha gaika

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Pseudonympha gaika

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Pseudonympha
Species:
P. gaika
Binomial name
Pseudonympha gaika
Riley, 1938[2]
Synonyms
  • Pseudonympha trimenii gaika Riley, 1938

Pseudonympha gaika, the Gaika brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the Eastern Cape, then along the Amathole Mountains, the north-east of the Witteberg and from Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal near the Drakensberg.

The wingspan is 46–48 mm for males and 48–52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February. There is one generation per year.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

References[]

  1. ^ Cockburn, K.N.A. 2020. Pseudonympha gaika (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161329014A175068762. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161329014A175068762.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ 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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