Aterica galene, the forest glade nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa.[2]
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Aterica galene |
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both male A. g. galene Bobiri Forest, Ghana |
Scientific classification ![Edit this classification](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png) |
Domain: |
Eukaryota |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
Class: |
Insecta |
Order: |
Lepidoptera |
Family: |
Nymphalidae |
Genus: |
Aterica |
Species: |
A. galene |
Binomial name |
Aterica galene
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Synonyms |
- Papilio galene Brown, 1776
- Aterica theophane Hopffer, 1855
- Papilio cupavia Cramer, 1779
- Aterica buchholzi Plötz, 1880
- Aterica galene f. dimorpha Bartel, 1905
- Aterica galene ab. luteofasciata Schultze, 1920
- Aterica galene f. albimacula Joicey and Talbot, 1921
- Aterica galene galene ab. juncta Dufrane, 1933
- Aterica galene galene f. pierardi Dufrane, 1933
- Aterica galene ab. dechroma Strand, 1911
- Aterica galene omissa Rothschild, 1918
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The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
The larvae feed on Combretum, Quisqualis indica, Quisqualis littorea, Terminalia glaucescens and Scottellia
female
A. g. galeneBobiri Forest,
Ghana
female
A. g. galene orange morph
Bobiri Forest,
Ghana
- Aterica galene galene (western Kenya, Uganda, western Tanzania to Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Senegal)
- Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855 (Kenya to Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi)
- Aterica galene incisa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Ethiopia)
- Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)