Evena angustatum

Evena angustatum
	Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Catuna
Species:	C. angustatum
Binomial name
	Catuna angustatum; (Felder & Felder, 1867)
Synonyms
	Euomma angustatum Felder & Felder, 1867; Catuna angustatum albidior Rothschild, 1918;

Evena angustatum, the large pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (western areas to Semuliki National Park), Rwanda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Manilkara obovata, Mimusops kummel, Malacantha alnifolia and Aningueria robusta.

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. This species, then named Catuna angustatum is #944. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.

References

↑ "Catuna Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ 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. 124/125. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

External links

NSG database Catuna angustatum Felder 1867 image

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[funet-1] "Catuna Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 124/125. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.