Antanartia delius

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Forest admiral
Forest admiral (Antanartia delius delius) Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Forest admiral (Antanartia delius delius) underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
both in Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Antanartia
Species:
A. delius
Binomial name
Antanartia delius
(Drury, 1782) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio deliusDrury, 1782
  • Papilio eurociliaFabricius, 1793
  • Vanessa demonicaGodart, 1819
  • Antanartia amauropteraSharpe, 1904
  • Hypanartia delius nigrescensSuffert, 1904
  • Antanartia delius f. kamitugensisDufrane, 1945

Antanartia delius, the forest admiral or orange admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Contents

Both sexes are attracted to fermented fruit.

The larvae feed on Australina acuminata , Pouzolzia parasitica , Musanga and Urtica species.

Description

Upperside. Antennae black. Thorax and abdomen red brown. Anterior wings nearly black at the base, and also half of them next the tips, whereon are five small white spots, the middle of them being of a dark orange. Posterior wings also black at the base; each of them is furnished with two tails, the outward ones the longest; the external edges being bordered with dark brown, almost black, and all the middle part of the wing is dark orange.

Underside. Palpi and legs yellowish. Breast dark brown. Abdomen yellowish. Wings with blackish and dark brown spots and marks, not to be distinctly described. Anterior wings with a broad yellowish bar crossing them from the anterior edges to the lower corners; while the posterior are also remarkable for a blueish patch placed between the outer tails and the abdominal corners. Wingspan nearly 2+1⁄2 inches (60 mm). [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ "Antanartia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Nymphalini". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  3. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 3. p. 19. pl. XIV.
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