''Antanartia'', commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus 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 ha ...
found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices. For other admirals see genus, ''
Vanessa Vanessa may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Vanessa'' (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
* ''Vanessa'', a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
* ''Vanessa'', a 1952 instrumental song written by Bernie W ...
''. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of ''Antanartia'' have been moved to ''Vanessa'' based on molecular evidence. ''
Antanartia borbonica'' was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in ''Antanartia'' based on morphological similarity.
Species
The three species following Wahlberg et al., 2011, are:
* ''
Antanartia borbonica''
(Oberthür, 1880)
* ''
Antanartia delius''
(Drury, 1782) – orange admiral
* ''
Antanartia schaeneia''
(Trimen, 1879) – long-tailed admiral
Former species
* ''Antanartia abyssinica'' is now ''
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 fee ...
''
(Felder, 1867)
* ''Antanartia dimorphica'' is now ''
Vanessa dimorphica''
(Howarth, 1966)
* ''Antanartia hippomene'' is now ''
Vanessa hippomene''
(Hübner, 1823)
References
Nymphalini
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
Taxa named by Karl Jordan
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