Euptera kinugnana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and on Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euptera |
| Species: | E. kinugnana
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| Euptera kinugnana (Grose-Smith, 1889)[1]
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Adults feed on flowers as well as fermented fruit. They are on wing from August to December and from April to May.
The larvae feed on Bequaertiodendron natalense.
Subspecies
edit- Euptera kinugnana kinugnana (Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique)
- Euptera kinugnana insularis Collins, 1995 (Madagascar)
References
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- ^ "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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