Sevenia umbrina | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Sevenia |
Species: | S. umbrina |
Binomial name | |
Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892) | |
Synonyms | |
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Sevenia umbrina, the ochreous tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Ethiopia, western Kenya, western Tanzania and northern Zambia. The habitat consists of forests, forest margins and riparian vegetation.
Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.
References
- Sevenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Epicaliini
Taxon identifiers | |
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Sevenia umbrina | |
Asterope umbrina |
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