Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ariadne | |
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Similar Ariadne enotrea, Ariadne, Ariadne merione, Ariadne ariadne, Biblidinae | ||
Ariadne pagenstecheri, the Pagenstecher's castor or scalloped castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and the eastern and central parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of the margins of sub-montane and montane forests.
The larvae feed on Tragia brevipes.
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