Nepheronia argia

Large Vagrant
male, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Colotini
Genus:	Nepheronia
Species:	N. argia
Binomial name
Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Papilio argia Fabricius, 1775 Papilio cassiopea Cramer, 1779 Pieris idotea Boisduval, 1836 Eronia argia ab. semiflava Aurivillius, 1895 Eronia argia ab. mixta Aurivillius, 1895 Eronia argia ab. sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895 Eronia argia virescens Suffert, 1904 Eronia argia var. castelaini Schouteden, 1912 Nepheronia argia hollandi Fox, 1963 Nepheronia argia argia aurantiaca Bernardi, 1968 Nepheronia argia f. mongala Berger, 1981 Eronia argia f. euterpe Stoneham, 1957 Erone argia f. calliope Stoneham, 1957 Eronia argia f. erato Stoneham, 1957 Eronia argia giara Suffert, 1904 Eronia usambara Aurivillius, 1907 Eronia varia Trimen, 1864 Eronia argia aurora Suffert, 1904 Nepheronia argia f. oraria van Son, 1949 Nepheronia argia f. hemicrocea van Son, 1949

The Large Vagrant (Nepheronia argia) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found throughout Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 50–65 mm for males and 48–70 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.^[2]

The larvae feed on Hippocratea longipetolata, Cassipurea ruwenzorensis, and Ritchiea spp.^[1][2]

Subspecies

• N. a. argia (Fabricius, 1775) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Sudan, northern Uganda)
• N. a. argolisia (Stoneham, 1957) (Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
• N. a. mhondana (Suffert, 1904) (eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, central and northern Mozambique)
• N. a. varia (Trimen, 1864) (South Africa)
• N. a. variegata Henning, 1994 (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland)^[1]

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 form aurora Suffert, 1904