Pseudonympha hippia

Pseudonympha hippia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Pseudonympha
Species:	P. hippia
Binomial name
Pseudonympha hippia (Cramer, [1779])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio hippia Cramer, [1779] Hipparchia montana Burchell, 1822

Burchell’s Brown (Pseudonympha hippia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on cool high altitude Fynbos covered hills and summits from the Cape Peninsula to the Hottentots Holland Mountains, then along the Riviersonderend Mountains to the Groot Winterhoekberge.

The wingspan is 45–48 mm for males and 46–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January, sometimes to February or even March. There is one generation per year.^[2]

The larvae feed on Poaceae grasses. Larvae have been reared on Ehrharta erecta, Ischrolepsis capensis and Thamnochortus glaber.

References

1. Pseudonympha, Site of Markku Savela
2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.