Aterica galene

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Aterica galene
Forest glade nymph (Aterica galene galene) male.jpg
Forest glade nymph (Aterica galene galene) male underside.jpg
both male A. g. galene
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aterica
Species:
A. galene
Binomial name
Aterica galene
(Brown, 1776) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio galeneBrown, 1776
  • Aterica theophaneHopffer, 1855
  • Papilio cupaviaCramer, 1779
  • Aterica buchholziPlötz, 1880
  • Aterica galene f. dimorphaBartel, 1905
  • Aterica galene ab. luteofasciataSchultze, 1920
  • Aterica galene f. albimaculaJoicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Aterica galene galene ab. junctaDufrane, 1933
  • Aterica galene galene f. pierardiDufrane, 1933
  • Aterica galene ab. dechromaStrand, 1911
  • Aterica galene omissaRothschild, 1918

Aterica galene, the forest glade nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is 45–55 mm.

The larvae feed on Combretum , Quisqualis indica , Quisqualis littorea , Terminalia glaucescens and Scottellia

Subspecies

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