Aphysoneura pigmentaria explained
Aphysoneura pigmentaria, the painted ringlet, bamboo painted ringlet or bamboo ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1] The habitat consists of the bamboo zone of montane forests.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Sinarundinaria alpina, Oxytenanthera abyssinica and Festuca africana.
Subspecies
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria pigmentaria (north-eastern Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria dewittei Bouyer, 2001 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria kanga Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (southern Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria latilimba Le Cerf, 1919 (Zambia, Malawi: south to Mount Mlanje)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria mbulu Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Mbulu highlands)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria obnubila Riley, 1923 (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria pringlei (Sharpe, 1894) (eastern Uganda, Kenya: Kikuyu to Victoria Nyanza)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria semilatilimba Kielland, 1989 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania: montane areas of Kigoma, Mpanda and Ufipa)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria seminigra Kielland, 1985 (eastern Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria songeana Kielland, 1989 (Tanzania: Kitesa Forest in the Matengo Hills)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria uzungwa Kielland, 1989 (east-central Tanzania)
- Aphysoneura pigmentaria vumba Kielland, 1989 (Zimbabwe)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini . 2012-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701085201/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_melanitini.doc . 2015-07-01 . dead .
