Sevenia trimeni
Species of butterfly
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Sevenia trimeni, Trimen's tree nymph[2] or pale tree nymph,[3] is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2][3] It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa,[4] with records from Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia and Namibia. The habitat consists of marshy areas bordered by medium tree cover.[3]
| Sevenia trimeni | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Sevenia |
| Species: | S. trimeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Sevenia trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899) | |
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Adults are on wing year round. The wingspan is up to 50 mm (2.0 in).[3]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:[3][4]
- Sevenia trimeni trimeni – Angola, northern Namibia, Zambia
- Sevenia trimeni major (Rothschild, 1918) – Cameroon to Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
