Mashuna mashuna

Mashuna mashuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mashuna
Species:
M. mashuna
Binomial name
Mashuna mashuna
(Trimen, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypthima mashuna Trimen, 1895

Mashuna mashuna, the Mashuna ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas in savanna and grassland.

The larvae feed on Cynodon species.

References

  1. โ†‘ "Mashuna van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. โ†‘ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E โ€“ Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-11.