Catacroptera
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| Pirate | |
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| File:Catacropteracloantheligata.jpg | |
| C. cloanthe subsp. ligata | |
| File:CatacropteracloanthenatalicaUns.jpg | |
| C. cloanthe subsp. cloanthe | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Kallimini |
| Genus: | Catacroptera Karsch, 1894 |
| Species: | C. cloanthe
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| Binomial name | |
| Catacroptera cloanthe (Stoll, 1781)
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Catacroptera is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Nymphalinae in the family Nymphalidae found in sub-Saharan Africa. The habitat consists of grassland and savanna. Adults are on wing year round, but from September to April in cooler areas.
Food plants
[edit | edit source]The larvae feed on Justicia protracta, Barleria stuhlmanni, Ruellia cordata, Asystasia gangetica, Barleria opaca, Ruellia togoensis, Chaetacanthus setiger, Asclepias and Phaulopsis species.[1]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- C. c. subsp. cloanthe – East and southern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape)
- C. c. subsp. ligata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – West Africa: south-eastern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon
References
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External links
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- "Catacroptera Karsch, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Bode, J. (2012), Pirate & Joker Sap Sucking, feeding on sap of Ziziphus mucronata tree, YouTube video
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