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Pseudonympha machacha
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudonympha
Species:	P. machacha
Binomial name
Pseudonympha machacha Riley, 1938

Pseudonympha machacha, the Machacha brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, mainly in Lesotho, but also in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

The wingspan is 34–35 mm for males and 32–34 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to February. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

References

1. Cockburn, K.N.A. (2020) . "Pseudonympha machacha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161327309A175067642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161327309A175067642.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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