Aterica galene
Species of butterfly
Aterica galene | |
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both male A. g. galene Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Aterica |
Species: | A. galene |
Binomial name | |
Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Aterica galene, the forest glade nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
The larvae feed on Combretum, Quisqualis indica, Quisqualis littorea, Terminalia glaucescens and Scottellia
- female A. g. galene
Bobiri Forest, Ghana - female A. g. galene orange morph
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Subspecies
- Aterica galene galene (western Kenya, Uganda, western Tanzania to Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Senegal)
- Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855 (Kenya to Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi)
- Aterica galene incisa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Ethiopia)
- Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
References
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External links
- Species info Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
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