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Ariadne enotrea

Synonyms: Ergolis enotrea

Wikipedia Abstract

Ariadne enotrea, the African Castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The habitat consists of forests (especially disturbed areas) and heavy woodland. The larvae feed on Tragia benthami, Tragia volubilis, Tragia brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia.
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Infraspecies

Ariadne enotrea enotrea
Ariadne enotrea suffusa

Prey / Diet

Dalechampia ipomoeifolia[1]
Tragia benthamii[1]
Tragia brevipes[1]
Tragia volubilis (fireman)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0