Biology:Aterica galene

Short description: Species of butterfly

Aterica galene
both male A. g. galene Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Aterica
Species:	A. galene
Binomial name
Aterica galene (Brown, 1776)
Synonyms
Papilio galene Brown, 1776 Aterica theophane Hopffer, 1855 Papilio cupavia Cramer, 1779 Aterica buchholzi Plötz, 1880 Aterica galene f. dimorpha Bartel, 1905 Aterica galene ab. luteofasciata Schultze, 1920 Aterica galene f. albimacula Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Aterica galene galene ab. juncta Dufrane, 1933 Aterica galene galene f. pierardi Dufrane, 1933 Aterica galene ab. dechroma Strand, 1911 Aterica galene omissa Rothschild, 1918

Aterica galene, the forest glade nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa.

The wingspan is 45–55 mm.

The larvae feed on Combretum, Quisqualis indica, Quisqualis littorea, Terminalia glaucescens and Scottellia

• 
  female A. g. galene
  Bobiri Forest, Ghana
• 
  female A. g. galene orange morph
  Bobiri Forest, Ghana

Subspecies

• Aterica galene galene (western Kenya, Uganda, western Tanzania to Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Senegal)
• Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855 (Kenya to Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi)
• Aterica galene incisa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Ethiopia)
• Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)

External links

• Species info

Wikidata ☰ Q4813121 entry