Sevenia occidentalium

Sevenia occidentalium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Sevenia
Species:	S. occidentalium
Binomial name
Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
Synonyms
Crenis occidentalium Mabille, 1876 Sallya occidentalium Crenis vadimonis Druce, 1878 Asterope occidentalium penricei Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Crenis ribbei Dewitz, 1879

Sevenia occidentalium is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. The habitat consists of forests.

There may be massive population irruptions, leading to migratory behaviour. Adults males mud-puddle and have also been recorded on civet droppings.

The larvae feed on Macaranga schweinfurthii and Sapium species (including Sapium ellipticum).

Subspecies

• Sevenia occidentalium occidentalium (Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
• Sevenia occidentalium penricei (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Angola)