''Sevenia rosa'', or Rosa's tree nymph, is a butterfly 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

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. Wingspan: 50–60 mm in males and 52–62 mm in females. Flight period is recorded as October to January but might be year round. Larval food is ''

Sapium ellipticum ''Sapium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is widespread across most of Latin America and the West Indies. Many Old World species were formerly included in the genus, but recent authors have redistributed all the O ...

'', '' Maprounes africana'' and ''

Pseudolachnostylis ''Pseudolachnostylis'' is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1899. It contains only one known species, ''Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia'' native to central and southern Africa. Its common name is kudu ...

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rosa Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: Plants and animals * ''Rosa'' (plant), the genus of roses * Rosa (sea otter), a sea otter that has become popular on the internet * Rosa (cow), a Spanish-born cow People * Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) * San ...

Butterflies described in 1877 Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Biblidinae-stub