Rosa's tree nymph | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Sevenia |
Species: | S. rosa |
Binomial name | |
Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877) | |
Synonyms | |
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Sevenia rosa, or Rosa's tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in South Africa.
Wingspan: 50–60 mm in males and 52–62 mm in females. [1]
Flight period is recorded as October to January but might be year round. [1]
Larval food is Sapium ellipticum , Maprounes africana and Pseudolachnostylis species.
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