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Nepheronia buquetii (Plain Vagrant)

Synonyms: Callidryas buquetii; Eronia buqueti adam

Wikipedia Abstract

Nepheronia buquetii, the plain vagrant, Buquet's vagrant, or green-eyed monster, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found throughout Africa. The wingspan is 45–50 mm for males and 48–56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, more commonly in winter months. The larvae feed on Azima tetracantha and Salvadora persica.
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Prey / Diet

Azima tetracantha (Needle Bush)[1]
Salvadora persica (Real Mustard Tree)[1]

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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