Aphysoneura pigmentaria Karsch 1894

Aphysoneura pigmentaria, the painted ringlet, bamboo painted ringlet or bamboo ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of the bamboo zone of montane forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Sinarundinaria alpina, Oxytenanthera abyssinica and Festuca africana.

Subspecies

• Aphysoneura pigmentaria pigmentaria (north-eastern Tanzania)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria dewittei Bouyer, 2001 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria kanga Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (southern Kenya, northern Tanzania)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919 (Zambia, Malawi: south to Mount Mlanje)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria mbulu Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Mbulu highlands)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923 (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894) (eastern Uganda, Kenya: Kikuyu to Victoria Nyanza)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria semilatilimba Kielland, 1989 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania: montane areas of Kigoma, Mpanda and Ufipa)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria seminigra Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria songeana Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Kitesa Forest in the Matengo Hills)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria uzungwa Kielland, 1989 (east-central Tanzania)
• Aphysoneura pigmentaria vumba Kielland, 1989 (Zimbabwe)

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