Pseudonympha machacha
Appearance
Pseudonympha machacha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Pseudonympha |
Species: | P. machacha
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Binomial name | |
Pseudonympha machacha |
Pseudonympha machacha, the Machacha brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, mainly in Lesotho, but also in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
The wingspan is 34–35 mm for males and 32–34 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to February. There is one generation per year.[3]
The larvae probably feed on Poaceae grasses.
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- ^ Cockburn, K.N.A. (2020) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Pseudonympha machacha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161327309A175067642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T161327309A175067642.en. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.