Physcaeneura pione

Physcaeneura pione, the light webbed ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern and western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia, Malawi, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Physcaeneura pione
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Physcaeneura
Species:
P. pione
Binomial name
Physcaeneura pione
Godman, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Periplysia johnstoni Butler, 1894
  • Physcaeneura pione var. lucida Butler, 1897

Adults are on wing from December to May.

The larvae feed on Siphonochilus species.

References
  1. "Physcaeneura Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe uncertain". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-11.


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