Sevenia

Sevenia
Boisduval's tree nymph, female on left and male on right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Sevenia
Koçak, 1996
Synonyms
  • Crenis Boisduval, 1833 (non Hübner, 1821: preoccupied)
  • Sallya Hemming, 1964 (non Yochelson, 1956: preoccupied)
  • Asterope (auctt., nec Hübner, [1819])

Sevenia, commonly called tree nymphs, is a genus of forest butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that, as larvae, feed on plants of the family Euphorbiaceae.[1] There are fourteen species from continental Africa and two (or three)[2] species from Madagascar.[3] See Idea for the genus of Southeast Asian tree nymphs.

  1. ^ Williams, M. (1994). Butterflies of Southern Africa; A Field Guide. ISBN 1-86812-516-5
  2. ^ Larsen (2005)
  3. ^ Ackery et al. (1995)