Sevenia amulia

Sevenia amulia
Sevenia amulia ventral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sevenia
Species:
S. amulia
Binomial name
Sevenia amulia
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Papilio amulia Cramer, 1777
  • Sallya amulia
  • Asterope amulia intermedia Carcasson, 1961

Sevenia amulia, the lilac tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia and Botswana. The habitat consists of forests, especially near marshy areas.

Adults are on wing year round. It is a migratory species.

The larvae feed on Maprouna membranacea and Sapium species (including S. ellipticum).

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Sevenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Epicaliini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-19.