Sevenia trimeni

Sevenia trimeni, Trimen's tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas bordered by medium tree cover.

Sevenia trimeni
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sevenia
Species:
S. trimeni
Binomial name
Sevenia trimeni
Synonyms
  • Crenis natalensis var. trimeni Aurivillius, 1899
  • Sallya trimeni
  • Crenis trimeni angolensis Rothschild, 1918
  • Crenis trimenii major Rothschild, 1918

Adults are on wing year round.

Subspecies
  • Sevenia trimeni trimeni (Angola, northern Namibia, Zambia)
  • Sevenia trimeni major (Rothschild, 1918) (Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References
  1. Sevenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Epicaliini


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