Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Salamis > Salamis anacardii

Salamis anacardii (Clouded mother-of-pearl butterfly)

Synonyms: Papilio anacardii; Papilio cyrene; Protogoniomorpha anacardii; Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa

Wikipedia Abstract

Protogoniomorpha anacardii, the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa. Wingspan: 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females. Flight period is year-round, peaking in summer and autumn. Larval food is Asystasia, Brillantaisia, Isoglossa, Justicia, Mimulopsis, and Paulowilhelmia species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Phaulopsis ciliata[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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