Gnophodes chelys

Gnophodes chelys, the dusky evening brown or lobed evening brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Gnophodes chelys
in Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Gnophodes
Species:	G. chelys
Binomial name
Gnophodes chelys (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio chelys Fabricius, 1793 Papilio pythia Fabricius, 1793 Gnophodes morpena Westwood, 1851 Melanitis harpa Karsch, 1893 Gnophodes chelys f. iris Bartel, 1905 Gnophodes minchini Heron, 1909 Gnophodes minchini f. magniplaga Heron, 1909 Gnophodes chelys var. elucidata Grünberg, 1910

Both sexes are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on Setaria (including S. barbatus and S. megaphylla) and Pennisetum species (including P. purpureum), as well as Olyra latifolia, Rottboellia exaltata, Imperata cylindrica, and Streprogyna crinita.

References

1. "Gnophodes Doubleday, [1849]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Melanitini". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 26