• Source: Ariadne enotrea

Ariadne enotrea, the African castor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests (especially disturbed areas) and heavy woodland.
The larvae feed on Tragia species T. benthami, T. volubilis, T. brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia.




Subspecies


Ariadne enotrea enotrea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
Ariadne enotrea archeri Carcasson, 1958 (western Tanzania, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Ariadne enotrea suffusa (Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ariadne enotrea
• List of butterflies of Cameroon
• List of butterflies of Ivory Coast
• List of butterflies of Gabon
• List of butterflies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of butterflies of Ghana
• Ariadne (butterfly)
• List of butterflies of Sierra Leone
• List of butterflies of Tanzania
• List of butterflies of Liberia