Ypthima rhodesiana
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Ypthima rhodesiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Ypthima |
Species: | Y. rhodesiana |
Binomial name | |
Ypthima rhodesiana |
Ypthima rhodesiana, the pale ringlet or Zambian ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in Africa.
It is found along the coast of Kenya and in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, central and western Tanzania, Zambia, and northern Zimbabwe.[2]
The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and wooded savanna.
References[edit]
- ^ "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina