Byblia anvatara

Byblia anvatara
Common Joker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Byblia
Species: B. anvatara
Binomial name
Byblia anvatara
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Hypanis vulgaris Staudinger, 1886

The Common Joker (Byblia anvatara) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, found in Subsaharan Africa.[1]

Wingspan: 38–43 mm in males and 40–45 mm in females. Its flight period is year-round.[2]

Larva feed on Tragia glabrata and Dalechamoia capensis.[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • B. a. acheloia (Wallengren, 1857)
  • B. a. anvatara (Boisduval, 1833)
  • B. a. boydi Dixey, 1898
  • B. a. crameri Aurivillius, 1894

References

  1. ^ a b Byblia, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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