Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamilies Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae and Charaxinae
Author
Liseki, Steven D.
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania; & Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK;
Author
Vane-Wright, Richard I.
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; & Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; & School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK
text
Journal of Natural History
2015
2015-09-30
50
865
904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1091106
journal article
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10.1080/00222933.2015.1091106
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Bicyclus anynana anynana
(Butler, 1879)
Larsen 1996
: pl. 29, fig. 419 i,ii. d
’
Abrera 1997: 217
(2 figs). SI: Figure 8a
–
d.
Forewing length: male
18.5
–
21 mm
[mean (
n
= 6)
19.90 mm
, SD = 0.310]; female
21
–
25.5 mm
[mean (
n
= 6)
23.27 mm
, SD = 1.015].
Records
Kielland (1990
, p. 79) states that this butterfly is common in woodlands and forests from sea level up to
2000 m
in all parts of
Tanzania
. Recorded by
Cordeiro (1990
, p. 29) from Lake
Manyara
National Park, where it was
‘
very common
’
. Included here as a member of the lower slopes fauna on the basis of one male labelled
‘
Kilimanjaro
’
, without further data or provenance, ex Rothschild Collection (BMNH), and Condamin
’
s (1973, p. 295, fig. 384) distribution map, which has a spot centred on southern
Kilimanjaro
. The nominate subspecies occurs in eastern Africa south from
Kenya
to the Transvaal and Natal, and the
Comoro Islands
. There are two further subspecies recognized, one from
Uganda
to northern
Angola
, the second on
Socotra
(
Condamin 1973
;
Ackery et al. 1995
, p. 288).