Euptera kinugnana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euptera |
| Species: | E. kinugnana
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| Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)[1]
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Euptera kinugnana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults feed on flowers as well as fermented fruit. They are on wing from August to December and from April to May.
The larvae feed on Bequaertiodendron natalense.
Subspecies[edit]
- Euptera kinugnana kinugnana (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique)
- Euptera kinugnana insularis Collins, 1995 (Madagascar)
References[edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to Euptera kinugnana.
- ^ "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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