Antanartia
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| Genus: | Antanartia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Antanartia, commonly called (African) Admirals, is a genus in the Nymphalidae family found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices.[1] For other Admirals see genus, Vanessa. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of Antanartia have been moved to Vanessa based on molecular evidence.[2] Antanartia borbonica was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in Antanartia based on morphological similarity.
Species
There are 3 species following Wahlberg et al, 2011[3]
- Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1880)
- Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782) – Orange Admiral
- Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879) – Long-tailed Admiral
Former species
- Antanartia abyssinica is now Vanessa abyssinica (Felder, 1867)
- Antanartia dimorphica is now Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
- Antanartia hippomene is now Vanessa hippomene (Hübner, 1823)
References
- ^ Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
- ^ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
- ^ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
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