Issoria smaragdifera
Issoria smaragdifera, the African queen fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.
Issoria smaragdifera | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Issoria |
Species: | I. smaragdifera |
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Issoria smaragdifera | |
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Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.
Subspecies
- Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera (highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)
- Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961 (southern highlands of Tanzania and possibly Zambia)
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References
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Wikispecies has information related to Issoria smaragdifera |
- "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini
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