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Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
Subspecies
[
Nepheronia
] argia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
-
cassiopea
(Cramer, [1779])
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poppea
-
idotea
(Boisduval, 1836)
-
semiflava
(Aurivillius, 1895)
-
mixta
(Aurivillius, 1895)
-
sulphurea
(Aurivillius, 1895)
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virescens
(Suffert, 1904)
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castelaini
(Schouteden, 1912)
-
hollandi
(Fox, 1936)
-
aurantiaca
(Bernardi, 1968)
-
mongala
(Berger, 1981)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
37
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
45
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
180
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
WWT
:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Capparidaceae
- Ritchiea
Celastraceae
- Hippocratea
- Salacia
Rhizophoraceae
- Cassipourea
Capparidaceae
- Ritchiea
Celastraceae
- Hippocratea
- Salacia
Rhizophoraceae
- Cassipourea
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011