V. abyssinica jacksoni in Tanzania and V. abyssinica abyssinica in Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Vanessa
Species:
V. abyssinica
Binomial name
Vanessa abyssinica
(Felder & Felder, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
Pyrameis abyssinica Felder and Felder, 1867
Antanartia abyssinica
Antanartia abyssinica jacksoni Howarth, 1966
Antanartia abyssinica vansomereni Howarth, 1966
Vanessa abyssinica, the Abyssinian admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Urtica massaica and Obetia pinnatifida.
This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus Antanartia but was recently found to be a member of the V. atalanta species group.[3]
^"Vanessa Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. Bibcode:2011SysEn..36..362W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
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