Ypthimomorpha

Ypthimomorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Ypthimomorpha van Son, 1955
Species:	Y. itonia
Binomial name
Ypthimomorpha itonia (Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Ypthima itonia Hewitson, 1865 Yphthima hoehneli Holland, 1896 Ypthima hoehneli Ypthima itonia ab. microocellata Strand, 1909 Ypthima itonia ab. quadriocellata Strand, 1909 Ypthima itonia ab. pluripupillata Strand, 1909 Ypthima itonia ab. subocellata Strand, 1909 Ypthima itonia ab. pluriocellata Strand, 1913

Ypthimomorpha is a monotypic butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Ypthimomorpha itonia, the marsh ringlet or swamp ringlet, which is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, northern and eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Botswana.[2] The habitat consists of open, moist areas and marshes on forest margins.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

References

1. "Ypthimomorpha van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina