Pseudonympha
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Pseudonympha is a butterfly
genus
from the subfamily Satyrinae
in the family Nymphalidae
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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...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
from the subfamily Satyrinae
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- Pseudonympha arnoldi van Son, 1941
- Pseudonympha cyclops van Son, 1955
- Pseudonympha gaikaPseudonympha gaikaThe Gaika Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa in the eastern Cape, then along the Amatolas, the north-east of the Witteberg and from Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal near the Drakensberg....
Riley, 1938 - Pseudonympha hippiaPseudonympha hippiaBurchell’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on cool high altitude Fynbos covered hills and summits from the Cape Peninsula to the Hottentots Holland Mountains, then along the Riviersonderend Mountains to the Groot Winterhoekberge.The wingspan is 45-48 mm...
(Cramer, [1779]) - Pseudonympha loxophthalmaPseudonympha loxophthalmaThe Big-eye Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, the Strydpoortberg, Wolkberg and Waterberg in the Limpopo Province....
Vári, 1971 - Pseudonympha machachaPseudonympha machachaThe Machacha Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, mainly in Lesotho, but also in the eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal....
Riley, 1938 - Pseudonympha magoidesPseudonympha magoidesThe False Silver-bottom Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the western Cape to the eastern Cape, along the Drakensberg foothills into Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, north to the Wolkberg...
van Son, 1955 - Pseudonympha magusPseudonympha magusThe Silver-bottom Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the western Cape south to Cape Town and along the southern littoral north to the eastern Cape....
(Fabricius, 1793) - Pseudonympha naryciaPseudonympha naryciaThe Spotted-eye Brown or Small Hillside Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the northern Cape north to Vryburg, east Gauteng and the North West Province, the Limpopo Province, south to Orange Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern Cape...
Wallengren, 1857 - Pseudonympha paludisPseudonympha paludisThe Paludis Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the eastern Cape to Lesotho, the eastern part of the Orange Free State, the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal and high altitude mountains in Mpumalanga.The wingspan is 34-38 mm for males and 32-36 mm for females...
Riley, 1938 - Pseudonympha paragaikaPseudonympha paragaikaThe Golden Gate Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, it has only been recorded from sandstone buttresses on the Golden Gate Highlands in Orange Free State....
Vári, 1971 - Pseudonympha penningtoniPseudonympha penningtoniPennington’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, mainly in Lesotho on altitudes ranging from about 2,700 meters to the highest summits. It is also found in the eastern Cape and the summits of the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal.The wingspan is 30-32 mm for...
Riley, 1938 - Pseudonympha poetulaPseudonympha poetulaThe Drakenberg Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa on cool high altitude grassy hills and summits from the eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal border along the Little Berg Hills...
Trimen, 1891 - Pseudonympha southeyiPseudonympha southeyiSouthey’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 46-48 mm for males and 48-52 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December in most of the range but earlier in the south...
Pennington, 1953 - Pseudonympha swanepoeliPseudonympha swanepoeliSwanepoel’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, it is only known from Houtbosdorp in the Limpopo Province and Whisky Spruit, the Verloren Vallei, Mount Sheba and Pilgrim’s Rest in Mpumalanga.The wingspan is 46-50 mm for males and 44-48 mm for females...
van Son, 1955 - Pseudonympha trimeniiPseudonympha trimeniiTrimen’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa.The wingspan is 40-52 mm for males and 44-56 mm for females. Adults are on wing from early September to late November...
Butler, 1868 - Pseudonympha variiPseudonympha variiVari’s Brown is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from the eastern Cape, Malutis and the Drakensberg to the KwaZulu-Natal midlands....
van Son, 1955