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Heteropsis perspicua

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Heteropsis perspicua

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Elymniini

Rank
  
Species

Heteropsis perspicua

Similar
  
Eicochrysops messapus, Pentila tropicalis, Cigaritis natalensis, Physcaeneura panda, Acraea esebria

The Eyed Bush Brown, Swamp Patroller or Marsh Patroller (Heteropsis perspicua) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, from Zimbabwe to Kenya, in eastern Zaire and Tanzania.

The wingspan is 38–43 mm for males and 42-48 for females. Adults are on wing year-round. The wet-season form is on wing in spring and summer and the dry-season form in autumn and winter

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Panicum maximum and Pennisetum clandestinum.

Subspecies

  • Heteropsis perspicua perspicua (Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
  • Heteropsis perspicua camerounica (Kielland, 1994) (northern Cameroon)

    • References

    Heteropsis perspicua Wikipedia
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