Hamanumida daedalus

Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and only member of the genus Hamanumida.

Guineafowl butterfly
Upper and underside, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Tribe:
Adoliadini
Genus:
Hamanumida

Hübner, 1819
Species:
H. daedalus
Binomial name
Hamanumida daedalus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Canopus Felder, 1861
  • Leucotricha Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Species:

  • Papilio daedalus Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio meleagris Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio melantha Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hesperus Fabricius, 1793
  • Hamanumida daedalus var. meleagrina Staudinger, 1886
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. bicolor Ungemach, 1932
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. icarus Stoneham, 1965

Range

It is found in the Afrotropical realm[1] (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).

Finding nectar on fallen flowers, Senegal

Description

The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.[2]

Food plants

The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.

References
  1. Funet
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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