''Sevenia'', commonly called tree nymphs, is a genus of forest butterflies 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 ...
that, as larvae, feed on plants of the family
Euphorbiaceae
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. There are fourteen species from continental
Africa
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and two (or three) species from
Madagascar
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. See
''Idea'' for the genus of Southeast Asian tree nymphs.
Taxonomy
''Sevenia'' (as ''Sallya'') has been viewed as a subgenus of the Neotropical genus ''
Eunica'' by authors. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
of the genus is ''
Crenis madagascariensis''
Boisduval
Species and subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
*''
Sevenia amazoula''
(Mabille, 1880)
*''
Sevenia amulia''
(Cramer, 1777)
**''Sevenia amulia amulia''
(Cramer, 1777) (= ''Papilio amulia'' Cramer, 1777)
**''Sevenia amulia rosa''
(Hewitson, 1877)
**''Sevenia amulia intermedia''
Carcasson, 1961
*''
Sevenia benguelae''
(Chapman, 1872)
*''
Sevenia boisduvali''
(Wallengren, 1857) (= ''Crenis boisduvali'' Wallengren, 1857) – Boisduval's tree nymph
**''Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali''
(Wallengren, 1857)
**''Sevenia boisduvali omissa''
(Rothschild, 1918)
**''Sevenia boisduvali kaffana''
(Rothschild & Jordan)
**''Sevenia boisduvali insularis''
(Joicey & Talbot)
*''
Sevenia consors''
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
*''
Sevenia dubiosa''
(Strand, 1911)
*''
Sevenia garega''
(Karsch, 1892)
**''Sevenia garega garega''
(Karsch, 1892)
**''Sevenia garega ansorgei''
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
*''
Sevenia howensis''
(Staudinger, 1886)
*''
Sevenia madagascariensis''
(Boisduval, 1833) (= ''Crenis madagascariensis'' Boisduval, 1833)
*''
Sevenia morantii''
(Trimen, 1881) (= ''Crenis morantii'' Trimen, 1881) – Morant's tree nymph
**''Sevenia morantii morantii''
(Trimen, 1881)
**''Sevenia morantii dubiosa''
(Strand)
*''
Sevenia natalensis
''Sevenia natalensis'', the Natal tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in southeastern Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 m ...
''
(Boisduval, 1847) (= ''Crenis natalensis'' Boisduval, 1847) – Natal tree nymph
*''
Sevenia occidentalium''
(Mabille, 1876)
**''Sevenia occidentalium occidentalium''
(Mabille, 1876)
**''Sevenia occidentalium penricei''
(Rothschild & Jordan)
*''
Sevenia pechueli''
(Dewitz, 1879)
**''Sevenia pechueli pechueli''
(Dewitz, 1879)
**''Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana''
(Rothschild)
*''
Sevenia pseudotrimeni''
Kielland, 1985
*''
Sevenia rosa''
(Hewitson, 1877) – Rosa's tree nymph
*''
Sevenia silvicola''
(Schultze, 1917)
*''
Sevenia trimeni''
(Aurivillius, 1899) (= ''Crenis natalensis'' var. ''trimeni'' Aurivillius, 1899) – Trimen's tree nymph
**''Sevenia trimeni trimeni''
(Aurivillius, 1899)
**''Sevenia trimeni major''
(Rothschild)
*''
Sevenia umbrina''
(Karsch, 1892)
References
External links
''Sallya''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' (''Sallya'' is a synonym of ''Sevenia'')
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 49 et prae
Nymphalidae genera
Biblidinae
{{Biblidinae-stub