Issoria smaragdifera

Issoria smaragdifera
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Issoria
Species:
I. smaragdifera
Binomial name
Issoria smaragdifera
(Butler, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Argynnis smaragdifera Butler, 1895

Issoria smaragdifera, the African queen fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.

Subspecies

  • Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera (highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)
  • Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961 (southern highlands of Tanzania and possibly Zambia)

References

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  1. ^ "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini


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