Physcaeneura robertsi

Physcaeneura robertsi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central Tanzania.[2]

Physcaeneura robertsi
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P. robertsi
Binomial name
Physcaeneura robertsi
Kielland, 1990[1]

The length of the forewings is 17-17.3 mm for males and 19-19.6 mm for females. The forewing ground colour is whitish with a narrowly brown costa, slightly widening towards the apex. The apex and outer margin are brown, enclosing four orange, black-centered round spots. There are two submarginal dark-brown lines and a fine dark-brown border. The hindwings are whitish with a brown outer border.

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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