Biology:Physcaeneura pione

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Physcaeneura pione
Physcaeneura pione1.JPG
Physcaeneura pione.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Physcaeneura
Species:
P. pione
Binomial name
Physcaeneura pione
Godman, 1880[1]
Synonyms
  • Periplysia johnstoni Butler, 1894
  • Physcaeneura pione var. lucida Butler, 1897

Physcaeneura pione, the light webbed ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern and western Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia, Malawi, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Adults are on wing from December to May.

The larvae feed on Siphonochilus species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7189524 entry