Hamanumida daedalus
Hamanumida daedalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Adoliadini |
Genus: | Hamanumida Hübner, 1819 |
Species: | H. daedalus |
Binomial name | |
Hamanumida daedalus (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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The Guineafowl (Hamanumida daedalus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and only member of the Hamanumida genus. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.[1] (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, Tropical Africa (dry lowland areas), Southwest Arabia.
The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.[2]
The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.
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