Melampias huebneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Satyrini |
Genus: | Melampias Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | M. huebneri |
Binomial name | |
Melampias huebneri (van Son, 1955)[1] |
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The Boland Brown (Melampias huebneri) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.
The wingspan is 35-38 mm for males and 33-35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June (huebneri) or from August (steniptera) to October and sometimes November. There is one generation per year[2].
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae. Larvae have been reared on Ehrharta erecta and Avena sativa.