Biology:Gnophodes chelys

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Gnophodes chelys
Dusky evening brown (Gnophodes chelys) underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
in Ghana
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G. chelys
Binomial name
Gnophodes chelys
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio chelys Fabricius, 1793
  • Papilio pythia Fabricius, 1793
  • Gnophodes morpena Westwood, 1851
  • Melanitis harpa Karsch, 1893
  • Gnophodes chelys f. iris Bartel, 1905
  • Gnophodes minchini Heron, 1909
  • Gnophodes minchini f. magniplaga Heron, 1909
  • Gnophodes chelys var. elucidata Grünberg, 1910

Gnophodes chelys, the dusky evening brown or lobed evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on Setaria (including S. barbatus and S. megaphylla) and Pennisetum species (including P. purpureum), as well as Olyra latifolia, Rottboellia exaltata, Imperata cylindrica, and Streprogyna crinita.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5574407 entry