Kingdom Animalia Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Hamanumida daedalus Rank Species | Class Insecta Tribe Adoliadini Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Genus Hamanumida
Hübner, 1819 Similar Euryphura, Euriphene, Butterflies and moths, Cynandra, Pseudargynnis | ||
Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and only member of the Hamanumida genus. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).
The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.
The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.
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