Heteropsis ubenica

Heteropsis ubenica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The nominate subspecies is found in montane grassland, forest edges and in open glades within forests. The habitat of subspecies mahale consists of open montane bamboo-mixed forest, subspecies ugandica occurs in sub-montane deciduous woodland and subspecies uzungwa is found in sub-montane and montane grassland, open woodland and forest margins.

Heteropsis ubenica
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Heteropsis
Species:
H. ubenica
Binomial name
Heteropsis ubenica
(Thurau, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Henotesia ubenica Thurau, 1903
  • Henotesia ubenica ab. unicinata Thurau, 1903
  • Henotesia ubenica mahale Kielland, 1990
  • Henotesia ubenica ugandica Kielland, 1990
  • Henotesia ubenica uzungwa Kielland, 1990

Subspecies
  • Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
  • Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994) (western Tanzania)
  • Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
  • Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994) (south-central Tanzania)

References
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  1. "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina


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