Sevenia rosa

Rosa's tree nymph
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sevenia
Species:
S. rosa
Binomial name
Sevenia rosa
(Hewitson, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Crenis rosa Hewitson, 1877
  • Sallya rosa
  • Crenis mafiae Staudinger, 1897

Sevenia rosa, or Rosa's tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in South Africa.

Wingspan: 50–60 mm in males and 52–62 mm in females.

Flight period is recorded as October to January but might be year round.

Larval food is Sapium ellipticum, Maprounes africana and Pseudolachnostylis species.

References

  1. 1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.