Pseudonympha magus

Pseudonympha magus, the silver-bottom brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Western Cape south to Cape Town and along the southern littoral north to the Eastern Cape.

Pseudonympha magus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudonympha
Species:
P. magus
Binomial name
Pseudonympha magus
(Fabricius, 1793)[2]
Synonyms
  • Papilio magus Fabricius, 1793
  • Pseudonympha sabacus Trimen 1866

The wingspan is 40–44 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from September to April (with a peak in October and February). There are two overlapping generations per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Poaceae grasses, including Cynodon dactylon. Larvae have also been reared on Ehrharta erecta.

References
  1. Selb, H.E.T. 2020. Pseudonympha magus (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161329177A175069085. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161329177A175069085.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2021.
  2. "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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