Pardopsis is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae.[1]
Its only species is Pardopsis punctatissima, the polka dot. It is found in fynbos, lowland and Afromontane forest, and grassland from Van Stadens Pass in the Eastern Cape and then along the foothills of the eastern escarpment into Mpumalanga and Limpopo, north to Mozambique and then from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia. It is also present in Madagascar.
The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and 33–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with a peak from October to March.[2]
The larvae feed on Hybanthus capensis.
Pardopsis is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae.
Its only species is Pardopsis punctatissima, the polka dot. It is found in fynbos, lowland and Afromontane forest, and grassland from Van Stadens Pass in the Eastern Cape and then along the foothills of the eastern escarpment into Mpumalanga and Limpopo, north to Mozambique and then from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia. It is also present in Madagascar.
The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and 33–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round with a peak from October to March.
The larvae feed on Hybanthus capensis.
Pardopsis est genus papilionum subfamiliae Heliconiinarum familiae Nymphalidarum.
Haec stipula ad Lepidoptera spectat. Amplifica, si potes! Pardopsis est genus papilionum subfamiliae Heliconiinarum familiae Nymphalidarum.
Pardopsis is een monotypisch geslacht van vlinders uit de onderfamilie Heliconiinae. De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1887 door Roland Trimen.
De typesoort en enige soort van het geslacht is Acraea punctatissima Boisduval, 1833
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