Pseudonympha swanepoeli

Pseudonympha swanepoeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Pseudonympha
Species:	P. swanepoeli
Binomial name
Pseudonympha swanepoeli van Son, 1955[1]

Swanepoel’s Brown (Pseudonympha swanepoeli) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, it is only known from Houtbosdorp in the Limpopo Province and Whisky Spruit, the Verloren Vallei, Mount Sheba and Pilgrim’s Rest in Mpumalanga.

The wingspan is 46–50 mm for males and 44–48 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to March in the north and from November to February in the south. There is one generation per year.^[2]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses or Cyperaceae sedges.

References

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