Sevenia, commonly called tree nymphs, is a genus of forest butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that, as larvae, feed on plants of the family Euphorbiaceae.[1] There are fourteen species from continental Africa and two (or three)[2] species from Madagascar.[3] See Idea for the genus of Southeast Asian tree nymphs.
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| Boisduval's tree nymph, female on left and male on right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Epicaliini |
| Genus: | Sevenia Koçak, 1996 |
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Taxonomy edit
Sevenia (as Sallya) has been viewed as a subgenus of the Neotropical genus Eunica by authors. The type species of the genus is Crenis madagascariensis Boisduval
Species and subspecies edit
Listed alphabetically:[4][5][6]
- Sevenia amazoula (Mabille, 1880)
- Sevenia amulia (Cramer, 1777)
- Sevenia amulia amulia (Cramer, 1777) (= Papilio amulia Cramer, 1777)
- Sevenia amulia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
- Sevenia amulia intermedia Carcasson, 1961
- Sevenia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
- Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857) (= Crenis boisduvali Wallengren, 1857) – Boisduval's tree nymph
- Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
- Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
- Sevenia boisduvali kaffana (Rothschild & Jordan)
- Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot)
- Sevenia consors (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Sevenia dubiosa (Strand, 1911)
- Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
- Sevenia garega garega (Karsch, 1892)
- Sevenia garega ansorgei (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
- Sevenia howensis (Staudinger, 1886)
- Sevenia madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1833) (= Crenis madagascariensis Boisduval, 1833)
- Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881) (= Crenis morantii Trimen, 1881) – Morant's tree nymph
- Sevenia morantii morantii (Trimen, 1881)
- Sevenia morantii dubiosa (Strand)
- Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847) (= Crenis natalensis Boisduval, 1847) – Natal tree nymph
- Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
- Sevenia occidentalium occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
- Sevenia occidentalium penricei (Rothschild & Jordan)
- Sevenia pechueli (Dewitz, 1879)
- Sevenia pechueli pechueli (Dewitz, 1879)
- Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild)
- Sevenia pseudotrimeni Kielland, 1985
- Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877) – Rosa's tree nymph
- Sevenia silvicola (Schultze, 1917)
- Sevenia trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899) (= Crenis natalensis var. trimeni Aurivillius, 1899) – Trimen's tree nymph
- Sevenia trimeni trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899)
- Sevenia trimeni major (Rothschild)
- Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)
References edit
- ^ Williams, M. (1994). Butterflies of Southern Africa; A Field Guide. ISBN 1-86812-516-5
- ^ Larsen (2005)
- ^ Ackery et al. (1995)
- ^ http://sabca.adu.org.za
- ^ "Sevenia". tolweb.org. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "Catonephelini Classification". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
External links edit
Media related to Sevenia at Wikimedia Commons
- Sallya at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms (Sallya is a synonym of Sevenia)
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 49 et prae
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