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Sevenia pechueli

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Genus
  
Sevenia

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Sevenia, Sevenia amulia, Butterflies and moths, Sevenia occidentalium, Sevenia boisduvali

Sevenia pechueli, the spotted lilac tree nymph, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Namibia. The habitat consists of woodland, especially in marshy areas.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit, sucking trees and excrement.

The larvae feed on Maprouna africana, Sapium ellipticum and Hymenocardia species.

Subspecies

  • Sevenia pechueli pechueli (southern and western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia)
  • Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild, 1918) (western and southern Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
  • Sevenia pechueli sangbae (Hecq & Peeters, 1992) (northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic)

    • References

    Sevenia pechueli Wikipedia
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