Issoria smaragdifera
Appearance
Issoria smaragdifera | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Issoria |
Species: | I. smaragdifera
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Binomial name | |
Issoria smaragdifera | |
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Issoria smaragdifera, the African queen fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies
[edit]- Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera (highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961 (southern highlands of Tanzania and possibly Zambia)
References
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- ^ "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini