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Phalanta eurytis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Phalanta eurytis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phalanta

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Eurytela hiarbas, Tagiades flesus, Acraea serena, Phalanta, Nepheronia argia

phalanta eurytis


Phalanta eurytis, the forest leopard, forest leopard fritillary, or African leopard fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in tropical Africa, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

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The wingspan is 40–45 mm for males and 43–48 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with a peak from January to June.

The larvae feed on Dovyalis rhamnoides, Dovyalis caffra, Populus, Trimeria, Maytenus, and Salix species.

Subspecies

  • Phalanta eurytis eurytis (tropical Africa)
  • Phalanta eurytis microps (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya)

    • References

    Phalanta eurytis Wikipedia
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