Elymniopsis
Appearance
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Elymniopsis | |
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Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo, Ghana | |
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Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi, Kibale Forest, Uganda | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Elymniini |
Genus: | Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, 1907 |
Species: | E. bammakoo
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Binomial name | |
Elymniopsis bammakoo | |
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Elymniopsis is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Elymniopsis bammakoo, the African palmfly.
Range and habitat
[edit]It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the DRC, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Description
[edit]Adults resemble Acraea poggei in flight. The white form of bammakoo mimics the female of Papilio cynorta.
Food
[edit]Adults are attracted to fermented bananas and have also been recorded imbibing sap from wounds in trees. The larvae feed on Elaeis guineensis, Phoenix reclinata and Raphia hookeri.
Subspecies
[edit]- Elymniopsis bammakoo bammakoo
- Range: Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, DRC
- Elymniopsis bammakoo rattrayi (Sharpe, 1902)
- Range: eastern DRC, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania
References
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- ^ "Elymnias Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Elymniini