Sevenia rosa
| Rosa's Tree Nymph | |
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| Sevenia rosa depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Epicaliini |
| Genus: | Sevenia |
| Species: | S. rosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877) | |
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The Rosa's Tree Nymph (Sevenia rosa) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family found in South Africa.
Wingspan: 50–60 mm in males and 52–62 mm in females.[1]
Flight period is recorded as October to January but might be year-round.[1]
Larval food is Sapium ellipticum, Maprounes africana and Pseudolachnostylis species.
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