Melampias

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Melampias
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Melampias huebneri in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
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Melampias

Hübner, 1819
Species:
M. huebneri
Binomial name
Melampias huebneri
(van Son, 1955) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melampias hübnerivan Son, 1955
  • Papilio hyperbiusLinnaeus, 1764 (preocc. Papilio hyperbiusLinnaeus, 1763)

Melampias is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Melampias huebneri, the Boland brown, is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 35–38 mm for males and 33–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June (subspecies huebneri) or from August (subspecies steniptera) to October and sometimes November. There is one generation per year. [2]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae. Larvae have been reared on Ehrharta erecta and Avena sativa .

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References

  1. "Melampias Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.