Issoria baumanni

Issoria baumanni
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Issoria
Species:
I. baumanni
Binomial name
Issoria baumanni
(Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Argynnis baumanni Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894
  • Prokuekenthaliella baumanni
  • Argynnis excelsior Butler, 1896
  • Prokuekenthaliella baumanni excelsior
  • Argynnis uganda Röber, 1937
  • Issoria uganda
  • Argynnis (Boloria) excelsior ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945
  • Brenthis excelsior katangae Neave, 1910
  • Prokuekenthaliella baumanni katangae
  • Prokuekenthaliella baumanni orientalis

Issoria baumanni, Baumann's mountain fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The habitat consists of grassland, marshy areas and forest margins at high altitudes.

The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-30.