''Heteropsis narcissus'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on

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and the

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.Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
/ref> The habitat consists of forest margins, orchids, unnatural grasslands and anthropogenic environments. The larvae feed on

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

species, including '' Bambusa'' species.

Subspecies

*''Heteropsis narcissus narcissus'' (Mauritius, Reunion) *''Heteropsis narcissus fraterna'' (Butler, 1868) (Madagascar, Anjouan) *''Heteropsis narcissus borbonica'' (Oberthür, 1916) (Reunion) *''Heteropsis narcissus comorensis'' (Oberthür, 1916) (Anjouan and Moheli) *''Heteropsis narcissus salimi'' (Turlin, 1994) (Grand Comore) *''Heteropsis narcissus mayottensis'' (Oberthür, 1916) (Comoro Islands)

References

Elymniini Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Butterflies described in 1798 Lepidoptera of the Comoros Lepidoptera of Madagascar Insects of Mauritius Lepidoptera of Réunion Fauna of Mayotte {{Heteropsis-stub