Ypthima rhodesiana

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Ypthima rhodesiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ypthima
Species:
Y. rhodesiana
Binomial name
Ypthima rhodesiana
Carcasson, 1961 [1]

Ypthima rhodesiana, the pale ringlet or Zambian ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in Africa.

It is found along the coast of Kenya and in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, central and western Tanzania, Zambia, and northern Zimbabwe. [2]

The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and wooded savanna.

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