''Antanartia'', commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices. For other admirals see genus, ''
Vanessa''. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of ''Antanartia'' have been moved to ''Vanessa'' based on molecular evidence. ''
Antanartia borbonica'' was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in ''Antanartia'' based on morphological similarity.
Species
The three species following Wahlberg et al., 2011, are:
* ''
Antanartia borbonica''
(Oberthür, 1880)
* ''
Antanartia delius''
(Drury, 1782) – orange admiral
* ''
Antanartia schaeneia''
(Trimen, 1879) – long-tailed admiral
Former species
* ''Antanartia abyssinica'' is now ''
Vanessa abyssinica''
(Felder, 1867)
* ''Antanartia dimorphica'' is now ''
Vanessa dimorphica''
(Howarth, 1966)
* ''Antanartia hippomene'' is now ''
Vanessa hippomene
''Vanessa hippomene'', commonly known as the southern short-tailed admiral, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae which is native to South Africa and Madagascar.
Wingspan is 45–45 mm in males and 42–48 mm in females. Has two or ...
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(Hübner, 1823)
References
Nymphalini
Butterfly genera
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