Pseudargynnis hegemone - False Fritillary

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Pseudargynnis hegemone

Photo(s): Alan Gardiner, Forest margin at SDH Tea Estate, Gurué, Mozambique.

Species details:

Note: In Zimbabwe it is only known from a single old record. It is fairly common in northern Mozambique.
Distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo Brazzaville, Angola, southern DR Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Sudan, western Kenya (west), Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique and doubtful in northern Zimbabwe.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
MelastomataceaeDissotis (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
MelastomataceaeAntherotoma naudinii (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 106.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae subfamily Limenitinae Tribe Adoliadini, p. 217, Online Encyclopaedia.



Flora of Burundi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Pseudargynnis hegemone .
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=401810, retrieved 3 November 2024

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