Sevenia pechueli

Sevenia pechueli
	Figure 1, accompanying original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Sevenia
Species:	S. pechueli
Binomial name
	Sevenia pechueli; (Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
	Crenis pechueli Dewitz, 1879; Sallya pechueli; Crenis pechueli var. albicans Gaede, 1916; Crenis pechueli rhodesiana Rothschild, 1918; Sallya pechueli sangbae Hecq & Peeters, 1992;

Sevenia pechueli, the spotted lilac tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of woodland, especially in marshy areas.

Sevenia pechueli from CAR

Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit, sucking trees and excrement.

The larvae feed on Maprouna africana, Sapium ellipticum and Hymenocardia species.

Subspecies

Sevenia pechueli pechueli (southern and western Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia)
Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild, 1918) (western and southern Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia)
Sevenia pechueli sangbae (Hecq & Peeters, 1992) (northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic)

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