Nepheronia thalassina
Encyclopedia
The Cambridge Vagrant is a butterfly
of the Pieridae
family. It is found in southern Africa
.
The wingspan
is 50–55 mm for males and 55–60 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, peaking from February to May.
The larvae feed on Hippocrates obtusifolia, Hippocrates africana, and Jasminium spp.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
of the Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family. It is found in southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 50–55 mm for males and 55–60 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, peaking from February to May.
The larvae feed on Hippocrates obtusifolia, Hippocrates africana, and Jasminium spp.
Subspecies
- N. t. thalassina (Boisduval, 1836)
- N. t. sinalata (Suffert, 1904)
- N. t. verulanus (Ward, 1871)