Hamanumida daedalus

Hamanumida daedalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Adoliadini
Genus: Hamanumida
Hübner, 1819
Species: H. daedalus
Binomial name
Hamanumida daedalus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Canopus Felder, 1861
  • Leucotricha Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Species:

  • Papilio daedalus Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio meleagris Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio melantha Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hesperus Fabricius, 1793
  • Hamanumida daedalus var. meleagrina Staudinger, 1886
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. bicolor Ungemach, 1932
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. icarus Stoneham, 1965

The Guineafowl (Hamanumida daedalus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and only member of the Hamanumida genus. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.[1] (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, Tropical Africa (dry lowland areas), Southwest Arabia.

The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.[2]

The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.

In Ithala Game Reserve

References

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


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