Hamanumida daedalus | |
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both are males in Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Limenitidinae |
Genus: | Hamanumida Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | H. daedalus |
Binomial name | |
Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and only member of the genus Hamanumida.
It is found in the Afrotropical realm [1] (Natal, Eswatini, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).
The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in midwinter and summer. [2]
The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.