Euptera kinugnana

Euptera kinugnana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Euptera kinugnana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euptera
Species:
E. kinugnana
Binomial name
Euptera kinugnana
Synonyms
  • Euryphene kinugnana Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Euptera pluto kinugnana
  • Pseudacraea uhelda Mabille, 1890
  • Euptera pluto kinugnana f. rufa Joicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Euptera pluto kinugnana f. mckayi Gifford, 1965

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
  1. "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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