''Heteropsis ubenica'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda,

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina
/ref> The nominate subspecies is found in montane grassland, forest edges and in open glades within forests. The habitat of subspecies ''mahale'' consists of open montane bamboo-mixed forest, subspecies ''ugandica'' occurs in sub-montane deciduous woodland and subspecies ''uzungwa'' is found in sub-montane and montane grassland, open woodland and forest margins.

Subspecies

*''Heteropsis ubenica ubenica'' (southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia) *''Heteropsis ubenica mahale'' (Kielland, 1994) (western Tanzania) *''Heteropsis ubenica ugandica'' (Kielland, 1994) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, north-western Tanzania) *''Heteropsis ubenica uzungwa'' (Kielland, 1994) (south-central Tanzania)

References

Elymniini Butterflies described in 1903 Butterflies of Africa {{Heteropsis-stub