Antanartia, commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices.[1] For other admirals see genus, Vanessa. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of Antanartia have been moved to Vanessa based on molecular evidence.[2] Antanartia borbonica was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in Antanartia based on morphological similarity.
| Antanartia | |
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| A. schaeneia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Nymphalini |
| Genus: | Antanartia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
Species edit
The three species following Wahlberg et al., 2011, are:[3]
- Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1880)
- Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782) – orange admiral
- Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879) – long-tailed admiral
Former species edit
- Antanartia abyssinica is now Vanessa abyssinica (Felder, 1867)
- Antanartia dimorphica is now Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
- Antanartia hippomene is now Vanessa hippomene (Hübner, 1823)
References edit
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- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- ^ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. Bibcode:2011SysEn..36..362W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
- ^ Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. Bibcode:2011SysEn..36..362W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
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