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Pseudathyma plutonica

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Species of butterfly

Pseudathyma plutonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudathyma
Species: P. plutonica
Binomial name
Pseudathyma plutonica
Butler, 1902

Pseudathyma plutonica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

Subspecies

  • Pseudathyma plutonica plutonica (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Pseudathyma plutonica expansa Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania)
  • Pseudathyma plutonica shaba Chovet, 2002 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

  1. "Pseudathyma Staudinger, [1891]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Taxon identifiers
Pseudathyma plutonica


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