Pseudonympha paludis
Pseudonympha paludis, the paludis brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Eastern Cape to Lesotho, the eastern part of the Free State, the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal and high altitude mountains in Mpumalanga.
| Pseudonympha paludis | |
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| A paludis brown captured by a flower crab spider | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudonympha |
| Species: | P. paludis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudonympha paludis | |
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The wingspan is 34–38 mm for males and 32–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January at high altitudes and from November to April in the hills of the Eastern Cape (with a peak in mid-summer). There is one generation per year.[3]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
References
- Cockburn, K.N.A. 2020. Pseudonympha paludis (amended version of 2020 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T161327243A175067533. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161327243A175067533.en. Downloaded on 08 August 2021.
- "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 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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