Heteropsis ubenica

Heteropsis ubenica
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	H. ubenica
Binomial name
Heteropsis ubenica (Thurau, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
Henotesia ubenica Thurau, 1903 Henotesia ubenica ab. unicinata Thurau, 1903 Henotesia ubenica mahale Kielland, 1990 Henotesia ubenica ugandica Kielland, 1990 Henotesia ubenica uzungwa Kielland, 1990

Heteropsis ubenica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2]

Subspecies

• Heteropsis ubenica ubenica (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
• Heteropsis ubenica mahale (Kielland, 1994) (western Tanzania)
• Heteropsis ubenica ugandica (Kielland, 1994) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania)
• Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa (Kielland, 1994) (south-central Tanzania)

References

1. "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina