Nepheronia buquetii

Nepheronia buquetii, the plain vagrant, Buquet's vagrant, or green-eyed monster, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.^[2]

Plain vagrant
At iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Nepheronia
Species:	N. buquetii
Binomial name
Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
Callidryas buquetii Boisduval, 1836 Eronia buqueti adam Suffert, 1904 Eronia buquetii var. mossambicensis Hopffer, 1862 Eronia buquetii var. arabica Hopffer, 1862 Eronia buquetii var. capensis Hopffer, 1862 Eronia zelinda Ward, 1873

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.^[3]

The larvae feed on Azima tetracantha and Salvadora persica.^[2][3]

Subspecies

• N. b. buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) (northern Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania, Zambia, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa)
• N. b. buchanani (Rothschild, 1921) (North Africa, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
• N. b. pauliani Bernardi, 1958^[2] (Madagascar)

References

1. Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Nepheronia buquetii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162638616A162638618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162638616A162638618.en. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
2. Nepheronia, funet.fi
3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 14