Pseudonympha narycia
| Pseudonympha narycia | |
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| Pseudonympha narycia depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Pseudonympha |
| Species: | P. narycia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudonympha narycia Wallengren, 1857[1] | |
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The Spotted-eye Brown or Small Hillside Brown (Pseudonympha narycia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the northern Cape north to Vryburg, east Gauteng and the North West Province, the Limpopo Province, south to Orange Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern Cape. It is also present in Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 40–44 mm for males and 42–47 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to December and from January to April. There are two generations per year.[2]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
References
- ↑ Pseudonympha, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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