Evena niji

Evena niji
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Catuna
Species:
C. niji
Binomial name
Catuna niji
Fox, 1965
Synonyms
  • Catuna rectecostata Büttikofer, 1890

Evena niji, or Fox's pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana, western Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Mayoumbe region). The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Manilkara, Englerophytum, Vincentella and Afrosersalisia species.

References

  1. ↑ "Catuna Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms