Sevenia

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.

Sevenia
Boisduval's tree nymph, female on left and male on right
Scientific classification
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])

Taxonomy

Sevenia (as Sallya) has been viewed as a subgenus of the Neotropical genus Eunica by authors. The type species of the genus is Crenis madagascariensis Boisduval

Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[4][5][6]

  • Sevenia amazoula (Mabille, 1880)
  • Sevenia amulia (Cramer, 1777)
    • Sevenia amulia amulia (Cramer, 1777) (= Papilio amulia Cramer, 1777)
    • Sevenia amulia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
    • Sevenia amulia intermedia Carcasson, 1961
  • Sevenia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
  • Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857) (= Crenis boisduvali Wallengren, 1857) – Boisduval's tree nymph
    • Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
    • Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
    • Sevenia boisduvali kaffana (Rothschild & Jordan)
    • Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot)
  • Sevenia consors (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Sevenia dubiosa (Strand, 1911)
  • Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
    • Sevenia garega garega (Karsch, 1892)
    • Sevenia garega ansorgei (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
  • Sevenia howensis (Staudinger, 1886)
  • Sevenia madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1833) (= Crenis madagascariensis Boisduval, 1833)
  • Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881) (= Crenis morantii Trimen, 1881) – Morant's tree nymph
    • Sevenia morantii morantii (Trimen, 1881)
    • Sevenia morantii dubiosa (Strand)
  • Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847) (= Crenis natalensis Boisduval, 1847) – Natal tree nymph
  • Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
    • Sevenia occidentalium occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
    • Sevenia occidentalium penricei (Rothschild & Jordan)
  • Sevenia pechueli (Dewitz, 1879)
    • Sevenia pechueli pechueli (Dewitz, 1879)
    • Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild)
  • Sevenia pseudotrimeni Kielland, 1985
  • Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877) – Rosa's tree nymph
  • Sevenia silvicola (Schultze, 1917)
  • Sevenia trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899) (= Crenis natalensis var. trimeni Aurivillius, 1899) – Trimen's tree nymph
    • Sevenia trimeni trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899)
    • Sevenia trimeni major (Rothschild)
  • Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)

References
  1. Williams, M. (1994). Butterflies of Southern Africa; A Field Guide. ISBN 1-86812-516-5
  2. Larsen (2005)
  3. Ackery et al. (1995)
  4. http://sabca.adu.org.za
  5. "Sevenia". tolweb.org. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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