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Ariadne enotrea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ariadne

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Higher classification
  
Ariadne

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Similar
  
Ariadne, Gnophodes chelys, Bebearia sophus, Junonia stygia, Eurytela hiarbas

Ariadne enotrea, the African castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests (especially disturbed areas) and heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Tragia species T. benthami, T. volubilis, T. brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia.

Subspecies

  • Ariadne enotrea enotrea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
  • Ariadne enotrea archeri Carcasson, 1958 (western Tanzania, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)

    • References

    Ariadne enotrea Wikipedia
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