Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali (Wallengren) - Boisduval's tree nymph

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Sevenia boisduvali

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Muqueche bridge, Mt Namuli, Mozambique.

Species details:

Note: Upperside dull orange-brown with darkerspots above the margin of the hindwings and light and darker patches in the apical part of the fore-wings.
Distribution: Most common in Coastal parts of Eastern South Africa and Mozambique and along the Eastern border of Zimbabwe.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):
EuphorbiaceaeSclerocroton cf. armatus
EuphorbiaceaeShirakiopsis elliptica

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Butterfly species: Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali .
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400630, retrieved 24 May 2013

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