Issoria baumanni
Issoria baumanni, Baumann's mountain fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of grassland, marshy areas and forest margins at high altitudes.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Issoria |
| Species: | I. baumanni |
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The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies
- Issoria baumanni baumanni (Burundi)
- Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu)
- Issoria baumanni katangae (Neave, 1910) (south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Tanganika)
- Issoria baumanni orientalis Kielland, 1990 (southern highlands of Tanzania)
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Baumann's mountain fritillary, Issoria baumanni excelsior, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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References
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- "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini
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