Aeropetes
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
Tribe: | Melanitini (?) |
Genus: | Aeropetes Billberg, 1820 |
Species: | A. tulbaghia
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Binomial name | |
Aeropetes tulbaghia (Linnaeus, 1764)
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Range across South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini (also in eastern Zimbabwe)
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Aeropetes is a
Description
The sexes are similar, but males are on average smaller. The wingspan is 70–78 mm for males and 75–90 mm for females.
Habitat and habits
Aeropetes is commonly found in mountainous, rock-strewn hillsides and gullies. It has a tendency to settle on the shady side of rocks and of overhung stream banks.[3]
Biology
The larvae feed on various
Range
The butterfly is found throughout the fynbos bio-region of South Africa, besides parts of the Nama Karoo and grassland areas in the Western and Northern Cape, Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa. It occurs fairly commonly along the mountain ranges of the Great Escarpment and Eastern Highlands, which includes parts of the Western and Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Limpopo,[3] and eastern Zimbabwe.
References
- . Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Aeropetes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ ISBN 9781868727247.
- ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.