Neita lotenia

Neita lotenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Neita
Species: N. lotenia
Binomial name
Neita lotenia
(van Son, 1949)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melampias lotenia van Son, 1949

The Loteni Brown (Neita lotenia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on grassy mountain slopes on high altitude grasslands along the southern and south-eastern KwaZulu-Natal and Lesotho part of the Drakensberg.

The wingspan is 45–48 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from late November to January. There is one generation per year.[2]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

References

  1. ↑ Neita, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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