Heteropsis perspicua

Heteropsis perspicua
	Heteropsis perspicua depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Elymniini
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	H. perspicua
Binomial name
	Heteropsis perspicua; (Trimen, 1873)
Synonyms
	Mycalesis perspicua Trimen, 1873; Henotesia perspicua; Mycalesis maevius Staudinger, 1888; Henotesia perspicua ab. submaevius Strand, 1910; Henotesia perspicua ab. amanica Strand, 1910;

The Eyed Bush Brown, Swamp Patroller or Marsh Patroller (Heteropsis perspicua) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, from Zimbabwe to Kenya, in eastern Zaire and Tanzania.^[2]

The wingspan is 38–43 mm for males and 42-48 for females. Adults are on wing year round. The wet season form is on wing in spring and summer and the dry season form in autumn and winter^[3]

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Ehrharta erecta, Panicum maximum and Pennisetum clandestinum.

Subspecies

Heteropsis perspicua perspicua (Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, northern Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
Heteropsis perspicua camerounica (Kielland, 1994) (northern Cameroon)

References

^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
^ Heteropsis, Site of Markku Savela
^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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[ATBUT-1] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

[2] Heteropsis, Site of Markku Savela

[3] Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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