Tirumala petiverana
(Redirected from Blue monarch)
| Tirumala petiverana | |
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| File:African blue tiger (Tirumala petiverana) male Bobiri.jpg | |
| male, Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Tirumala |
| Species: | T. petiverana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tirumala petiverana (Doubleday, [1847])
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Tirumala petiverana, the blue monarch, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical Sub-Saharan Africa. Their habitat consists of Afromontane, lowland and riverine forests as well as moist savanna.[1][2]
The wingspan is 60–75 mm. There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from February to May (with peaks in April) in Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on Pergularia extensa, Pergularia daemia, Daemia, Hoya, and Marsdenia rubicunda.[3]
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male mud-puddling
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female feeding on sunflower nectar
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