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Euptera kinugnana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euptera

Euptera kinugnana

Euptera kinugnana is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and on Madagascar. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed on flowers as well as fermented fruit. They are on wing from August to December and from April to May.

The larvae feed on Bequaertiodendron natalense.

Subspecies

  • Euptera kinugnana kinugnana (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique)
  • Euptera kinugnana insularis Collins, 1995 (Madagascar)
  • References

    Euptera kinugnana Wikipedia