Issoria smaragdifera
| Issoria smaragdifera | |
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| Issoria smaragdifera depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Issoria |
| Species: | I. smaragdifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895)[1] | |
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Issoria smaragdifera, the African Queen Fritillary, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies
- Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera (highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961 (southern highlands of Tanzania and possibly Zambia)
References
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- ↑ Issoria, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini
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