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Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775)

Subspecies

  • [Nepheronia] argia argia (Fabricius, 1775)
    - cassiopea (Cramer, [1779])
    - poppea
    - idotea (Boisduval, 1836)
    - semiflava (Aurivillius, 1895)
    - mixta (Aurivillius, 1895)
    - sulphurea (Aurivillius, 1895)
    - virescens (Suffert, 1904)
    - castelaini (Schouteden, 1912)
    - hollandi (Fox, 1936)
    - aurantiaca (Bernardi, 1968)
    - mongala (Berger, 1981)

Adult morphologyWingspan37
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)45
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)180
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical 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. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011