Nepheronia thalassina
| Cambridge vagrant | |
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| male N. t. thalassina Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Nepheronia |
| Species: | N. thalassina |
| Binomial name | |
| Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nepheronia thalassina, the Cambridge vagrant, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in afrotropical Africa.
The wingspan is 50–55 mm for males and 55–60 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, peaking from February to May.
The larvae feed on Hippocrates obtusifolia, Hippocrates africana, and Jasminium spp.
Subspecies
- N. t. thalassina (Boisduval, 1836) (Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
- N. t. sinalata (Suffert, 1904) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern and northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa)
- N. t. verulanus (Ward, 1871) (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, northern Angola, northern Zambia)
Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies is #46. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.
References
- 1 2 Nepheronia, funet.fi
- 1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
- ↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 26/27. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.
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