''Sevenia pseudotrimeni'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
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 ...
. It is found in eastern
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Epicaliini]
/ref> The habitat consists of forests at altitudes ranging from near sea level to about 1,900 meters.
Adults are attracted to bananas and males have been recorded settling
Settling is the process by which particulates move towards the bottom of a liquid and form a sediment. Particles that experience a force, either due to gravity or due to Centrifuge, centrifugal motion will tend to move in a uniform manner in the ...
on paths and forest roads to suck moisture.
References
Endemic fauna of Tanzania
Butterflies described in 1985
pseudotrimeni
Butterflies of Africa
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