Issoria baumanni
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Issoria |
Species: | I. baumanni
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Binomial name | |
Issoria baumanni | |
Synonyms | |
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Issoria baumanni, Baumann's mountain fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of grassland, marshy areas and forest margins at high altitudes.
The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies
[edit]- Issoria baumanni baumanni (Burundi)
- Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu)
- Issoria baumanni katangae (Neave, 1910) (south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Tanganika)
- Issoria baumanni orientalis Kielland, 1990 (southern highlands of Tanzania)
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Baumann's mountain fritillary, Issoria baumanni excelsior, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Issoria baumanni.
- ^ "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini