Sevenia garega

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Sevenia garega
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sevenia
Species:
S. garega
Binomial name
Sevenia garega
(Karsch, 1892) [1]
Synonyms
  • Crenis garegaKarsch, 1892
  • Sallya garega
  • Asterope ansorgeiRothschild and Jordan, 1903

Sevenia garega, the montane tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, north-western Tanzania, northern Zambia and Mozambique. [2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland.

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Sapium mannicum .

References

  1. Sevenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Epicaliini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-19.