Nepheronia thalassina

Cambridge vagrant

male N. t. thalassina Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Colotini
Genus:	Nepheronia
Species:	N. thalassina
Binomial name
*Nepheronia thalassina* (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
Pieris thalassina Boisduval, 1836 Eronia thalassina sinalata Suffert, 1904 Eronia thalassina f. hesione Stoneham, 1957 Eronia thalassina f. proserpina Stoneham, 1957 Eronia verulanus Ward, 1871

Nepheronia thalassina, the Cambridge vagrant, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in afrotropical Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 50–55 mm for males and 55–60 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, peaking from February to May.^[2]

The larvae feed on Hippocrates obtusifolia, Hippocrates africana, and Jasminium spp.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies

N. t. thalassina (Boisduval, 1836) (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
N. t. sinalata (Suffert, 1904) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern and northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa)
N. t. verulanus (Ward, 1871) (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, northern Angola, northern Zambia)

1 2 Nepheronia, funet.fi
1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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