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Pseudonympha swanepoeli
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudonympha
Species:	P. swanepoeli
Binomial name
Pseudonympha swanepoeli van Son, 1955

Pseudonympha swanepoeli, or Swanepoel's brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, it is only known from Houtbosdorp in Limpopo and Whisky Spruit, the Verloren Vallei, Mount Sheba and Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga.

The wingspan is 46–50 mm for males and 44–48 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to March in the north and from November to February in the south. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses or Cyperaceae sedges.

References

1. Edge, D.A. (2020). "Pseudonympha swanepoeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161331776A168305551. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161331776A168305551.en. Retrieved 18 November 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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