Pseudonympha paludis

Pseudonympha paludis
	A paludis brown captured by a flower crab spider
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pseudonympha
Species:	P. paludis
Binomial name
	Pseudonympha paludis; Riley, 1938
Synonyms
	Pseudonympha magus f. paludis Riley, 1938;

Pseudonympha paludis, the paludis brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Eastern Cape to Lesotho, the eastern part of the Free State, the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal and high altitude mountains in Mpumalanga.

The wingspan is 34–38 mm for males and 32–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to January at high altitudes and from November to April in the hills of the Eastern Cape (with a peak in mid-summer). There is one generation per year.^[3]

The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.

References[edit]

^ Cockburn, K.N.A. (2020) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Pseudonympha paludis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161327243A175067533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161327243A175067533.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[1] Cockburn, K.N.A. (2020) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Pseudonympha paludis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161327243A175067533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161327243A175067533.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[2] "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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

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