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Aphysoneura pigmentaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Aphysoneura

Aphysoneura pigmentaria

Aphysoneura pigmentaria, the Bamboo Painted Ringlet or Bamboo Ringlet, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of the bamboo zone of montane forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Sinarundinaria alpina, Oxytenanthera abyssinica and Festuca africana.

Subspecies

  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria pigmentaria (north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria dewittei Bouyer, 2001 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria kanga Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (southern Kenya, northern Tanzania)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919 (Zambia, Malawi: south to Mount Mlanje)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria mbulu Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Mbulu highlands)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923 (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894) (eastern Uganda, Kenya: Kikuyu to Victoria Nyanza)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria semilatilimba Kielland, 1989 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania: montane areas of Kigoma, Mpanda and Ufipa)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria seminigra Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria songeana Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Kitesa Forest in the Matengo Hills)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria uzungwa Kielland, 1989 (east-central Tanzania)
  • Aphysoneura pigmentaria vumba Kielland, 1989 (Zimbabwe)

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