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Sevenia garega

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Species of butterfly

Sevenia garega
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sevenia
Species: S. garega
Binomial name
Sevenia garega
(Karsch, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Crenis garega Karsch, 1892
  • Sallya garega
  • Asterope ansorgei Rothschild and Jordan, 1903

Sevenia garega, the montane tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia and Mozambique. The habitat consists of forests and woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Sapium mannicum.

References

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


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