Hamanumida daedalus

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Hamanumida daedalus
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Scientific classification
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Hamanumida

Hübner, 1819
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H. daedalus
Binomial name
Hamanumida daedalus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Canopus Felder, 1861
  • Leucotricha Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Species:

  • Papilio daedalus Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio meleagris Cramer, [1775]
  • Papilio melantha Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio hesperus Fabricius, 1793
  • Hamanumida daedalus var. meleagrina Staudinger, 1886
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. bicolor Ungemach, 1932
  • Hamanumida daedalus f. icarus Stoneham, 1965

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The Guineafowl (Hamanumida daedalus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and only member of the Hamanumida genus. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.[1] (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, Tropical Africa (dry lowland areas), Southwest Arabia.

The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.[2]

The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.

References

  1. Funet
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.


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