Pseudargynnis
(Redirected from Pseudargynnis hegemone)
Pseudargynnis | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Pseudargynnis hegemone and P. h. nyassae in Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | Pseudargynnis Karsch, 1892
|
Species: | P. hegemone
|
Binomial name | |
Pseudargynnis hegemone | |
Synonyms | |
|
Pseudargynnis is a monotypic butterfly genus. The single species Pseudargynnis hegemone, the false fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of open grassy and marshy habitats in tropical savanna and open forests.
The larvae feed on Dissotis species (including D. denticulata) and possibly Antherotoma naudinii.
References
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pseudargynnis.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/34px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png)
Wikispecies has information related to Pseudargynnis.
- ^ "Pseudargynnis Karsch, 1892" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Error: "Q28470320" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Error: "Q18086647" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Commons link is the pagename
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Limenitidinae
- Monotypic butterfly genera
- Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
- Nymphalidae genera
- All stub articles
- Limenitidinae stubs