Physcaeneura leda
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Physcaeneura leda | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Physcaeneura |
Species: | P. leda |
Binomial name | |
Physcaeneura leda (Gerstaecker, 1871)[1] | |
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Physcaeneura leda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya, as well as in north-eastern Tanzania and southern Somalia.[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland, forest margins and grassy forest clearings from sea-level to 1,850 meters.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ "Physcaeneura Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe uncertain". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-11.