Hamanumida daedalus

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Hamanumida daedalus
Guineafowl (Hamanumida daedalus) male Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Guineafowl (Hamanumida daedalus) male underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
both are males
in Ghana
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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)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • CanopusFelder, 1861
  • LeucotrichaRothschild & Jordan, 1903

Species:

  • Papilio daedalusFabricius, 1775
  • Papilio meleagrisCramer, [1775]
  • Papilio melanthaFabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hesperusFabricius, 1793
  • Aterica meleagris(Cramer, [1775])
  • Hamanumida daedalus var. meleagrinaStaudinger, 1886
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. bicolorUngemach, 1932
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. icarusStoneham, 1965

Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and only member of the genus Hamanumida.

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Range

It is found in the Afrotropical realm [1] (Natal, Eswatini, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).

Finding nectar on fallen flowers, Senegal Guineafowl (Hamanumida daedalus) underside.jpg
Finding nectar on fallen flowers, Senegal

Description

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]

Food plants

The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.

References

  1. Funet
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.