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Sevenia benguelae

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Sevenia benguelae
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S. benguelae
Binomial name
Sevenia benguelae
(Chapman, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Crenis benguelae Chapman, 1872
  • Sallya benguelae

Sevenia benguelae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania (from the western part of the country to the Kigoma district), the Republic of the Congo, the central and western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, western Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of savanna woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Maprounea africana.

References

  1. ^ Sevenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Epicaliini