Heteropsis ubenica
| Heteropsis ubenica | |
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| Heteropsis ubenica depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Heteropsis |
| Species: | H. ubenica |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteropsis ubenica (Thurau, 1903)[1] | |
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Heteropsis ubenica is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The nominate subspecies is found in montane grassland, forest edges and in open glades within forests. The habitat of subspecies mahale consists of open montane bamboo-mixed forest, subspecies ugandica occurs in sub-montane deciduous woodland and subspecies uzungwa is found in sub-montane and montane grassland, open woodland and forest margins.
Subspecies
- Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
- Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994) (western Tanzania)
- Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
- Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994) (south-central Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Heteropsis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
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