Sevenia morantii

Morant's Tree Nymph
Sevenia morantii depicted in Seitz Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Sevenia
Species: S. morantii
Binomial name
Sevenia morantii
(Trimen, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Crenis morantii Trimen, 1881
  • Sallya morantii

The Morant's Tree Nymph or Obscure Tree Nymph (Sevenia morantii) is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family found in southern Africa.

Wingspan: 40–45 mm in males and 43–50 mm in females.[1] Flight period year-round but mainly between December and May.[1]

The larvae feed on Macaranga kilimandscharica, Excoecaria bussei and Sapium species (including Sapium ellipticum).

References

  1. 1 2 Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.


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