Vanessa hippomene
| Southern Short-tailed Admiral | |
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| Antanartia hippomene Illustration in Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Vanessa |
| Species: | V. hippomene |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanessa hippomene (Hübner, [1823]) | |
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The Southern Short-tailed Admiral (Vanessa hippomene) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa and Madagascar.
Wingspan is 45–45 mm in males and 42–48 mm in females. Has two or three flight periods with peak between April and May.[1]
The larvae feed on Fleurya capensis, Laportia peduncularis, Pouzolia parasitica, Didymodoxa caffra and Urtica species.[1]
This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus Antanartia, but recent molecular analyses reveals that it is more closely related to members of the genus Vanessa[2]
Subspecies
- V. h. hippomene (Swaziland, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province to the south-east)
- V. h. madegassorum (Aurivillius, 1899) (Madagascar: plateau)
References
- 1 2 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
- ↑ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa.". Systematic Entomology 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
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