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Nepheronia argia

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Nepheronia argia, the large vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 50–65 mm for males and 48–70 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.[2]

The larvae feed on Hippocratea longipetolata, Cassipurea ruwenzorensis, and Ritchiea species.[1][2]

Subspecies

  • N. a. argia (Fabricius, 1775) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Sudan, northern Uganda)
  • N. a. argolisia (Stoneham, 1957) (Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
  • N. a. mhondana (Suffert, 1904) (eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, central and northern Mozambique)
  • N. a. varia (Trimen, 1864) (South Africa)
  • N. a. variegata Henning, 1994 (southern Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nepheronia, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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Nepheronia argia: Brief Summary

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Nepheronia argia, the large vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.

The wingspan is 50–65 mm for males and 48–70 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.

The larvae feed on Hippocratea longipetolata, Cassipurea ruwenzorensis, and Ritchiea species.

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