Pseudonympha gaika

Pseudonympha gaika
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudonympha
Species:	P. gaika
Binomial name
Pseudonympha gaika Riley, 1938 [2]
Synonyms
Pseudonympha trimenii gaikaRiley, 1938

Pseudonympha gaika, the Gaika brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa in the Eastern Cape, then along the Amathole Mountains, the north-east of the Witteberg and from Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal near the Drakensberg.

The wingspan is 46–48 mm for males and 48–52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February. There is one generation per year. ^[3]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

References

1. Cockburn, K.N.A. (2020) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Pseudonympha gaika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T161329014A175068762. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161329014A175068762.en . Retrieved 8 August 2021.
2. "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.