Vanessa abyssinica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Vanessa
- Species
- Vanessa abyssinica
- Scientific Name
- Vanessa abyssinica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Vanessa abyssinica
Vanessa abyssinica, the Abyssinian admiral, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Urtica massaica and Obetia pinnatifida.
This species was traditionally considered to be a member of the genus Antanartia but was recently found to be a member of the V. atalanta species group.
...Vanessa abyssinica in languages:
- English
- Abyssinian Admiral
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Vanessa abyssinica
- Vanessa altissima
- Vanessa amerindica
- Vanessa annabella
- Vanessa atalanta
- Vanessa braziliensis
- Vanessa buana
- Vanessa cardui
- Vanessa carye
- Vanessa dejeanii
- Vanessa dilecta
- Vanessa dimorphica
- Vanessa gonerilla
- Vanessa hippomene
- Vanessa indica
- Vanessa itea
- Vanessa kershawi
- Vanessa myrinna
- Vanessa nubicola
- Vanessa samani
- Vanessa tameamea
- Vanessa terpsichore
- Vanessa virginiensis
- Vanessa vulcania