Ariadne albifascia

Ariadne albifascia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ariadne
Species: A. albifascia
Binomial name
Ariadne albifascia
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ergolis albifascia Joicey & Talbot, 1921

Ariadne albifascia, the white-banded castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests, especially open degraded habitats.

The larvae feed on the Tragia species T. benthami, T. volubilis, T. brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia.

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