Issoria baumanni

Issoria baumanni, Baumann's mountain fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of grassland, marshy areas and forest margins at high altitudes.

Issoria baumanni
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Issoria
Species:	I. baumanni
Binomial name
Issoria baumanni (Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
Argynnis baumanni Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894 Prokuekenthaliella baumanni Argynnis excelsior Butler, 1896 Prokuekenthaliella baumanni excelsior Argynnis uganda Röber, 1937 Issoria uganda Argynnis (Boloria) excelsior ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945 Brenthis excelsior katangae Neave, 1910 Prokuekenthaliella baumanni katangae Prokuekenthaliella baumanni orientalis

The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.

Subspecies

• Issoria baumanni baumanni (Burundi)
• Issoria baumanni excelsior (Butler, 1896) (Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Kivu)
• Issoria baumanni katangae (Neave, 1910) (south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Tanganika)
• Issoria baumanni orientalis Kielland, 1990 (southern highlands of Tanzania)

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  Baumann's mountain fritillary, Issoria baumanni excelsior, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

References

1. "Issoria Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Argynnini