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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Stephenia natalica
Stephenia natalica(Boisduval, 1847)
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Heliconiinae
  3. Acraeini
  4. Stephenia
  5.  natalica
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TL: [South Africa]: “Baie de Port Natal”

Habitat

  • Farm building and their surroundings
  • Forest edges
  • Savanna

MU
FU

55-65 mm

MD
FD
    Regional distr. - legend
    Phenogram based on the literature
    • Local names
    • LanguageVernacular name
      EnglishBlack-based Acraea
      EnglishNatal Acraea
      EnglishNatal Legionnaire
    • Primary hostplants
    • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
      PassifloraceaeAdenia gummifera
      PassifloraceaePassiflora caeruleaBlue passionflower
      PassifloraceaeStreptopetalum serratum
      PassifloraceaeTricliceras
      PassifloraceaeTricliceras longepedunculatum
      SalicaceaeOncoba
      VitaceaeVitisGrapevines
    • Synonyms and other combinations
    • Latin nameAuthor
      Acraea natalicaBoisduval, 1847
    • Stephenia natalica is a member of the clade Stephenia caecilia:
    • SpeciesAuthor
      Stephenia asboloplintha(Karsch, 1894)
      Stephenia atatis(Pierre, 2004)
      Stephenia atergatis(Westwood, 1881)
      Stephenia axina(Westwood, 1881)
      Stephenia braesia(Godman, 1885)
      Stephenia buettneri(Rogenhofer, 1890)
      Stephenia caecilia(Fabricius, 1781)
      Stephenia caldarena(Hewitson, 1877)
      Stephenia doubledayi(Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
      Stephenia ella(Eltringham, 1911)
      Stephenia equatorialis(Neave, 1904)
      Stephenia intermediodes(Ackery, 1995)
      Stephenia leucopyga(Aurivillius, 1904)
      Stephenia lyci(Pierre, 2006)
      Stephenia lygus(Druce, 1875)
      Stephenia natalica(Boisduval, 1847)
      Stephenia oncaea(Hopffer, 1855)
      Stephenia pseudegina(Westwood, [1852])
      Stephenia pudora(Aurivillius, 1910)
      Stephenia pudorella(Aurivillius, 1899)
      Stephenia regalis(Oberthür, 1893)
      Stephenia rhodesiana(Wichgraf, 1909)
      Stephenia stenobea(Wallengren, 1860)
      Stephenia sykesi(Sharpe, 1992)
      Stephenia zoumi(Pierre, 1995)
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    Extinct
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    Critically endangered
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