Physcaeneura leda

Physcaeneura leda
	In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Physcaeneura
Species:	P. leda
Binomial name
	Physcaeneura leda; (Gerstaecker, 1871)
Synonyms
	Periplysia leda Gerstaecker, 1871;

Physcaeneura leda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya, as well as in north-eastern Tanzania and southern Somalia.^[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland, forest margins and grassy forest clearings from sea-level to 1,850 meters.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

References

^ "Physcaeneura Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe uncertain

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[funet-1] "Physcaeneura Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe uncertain

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