Heteropsis ubenica

Heteropsis ubenica
	In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	H. ubenica
Binomial name
	Heteropsis ubenica; (Thurau, 1903)
Synonyms
	Henotesia ubenica Thurau, 1903; Henotesia ubenica ab. unicinata Thurau, 1903; Henotesia ubenica mahale Kielland, 1990; Henotesia ubenica ugandica Kielland, 1990; Henotesia ubenica uzungwa Kielland, 1990;

Heteropsis ubenica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.^[2] The nominate subspecies is found in montane grassland, forest edges and in open glades within forests. The habitat of subspecies mahale consists of open montane bamboo-mixed forest, subspecies ugandica occurs in sub-montane deciduous woodland and subspecies uzungwa is found in sub-montane and montane grassland, open woodland and forest margins.

Subspecies

Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994) (western Tanzania)
Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994) (south-central Tanzania)

References

^ "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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[funet-1] "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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