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Antanartia

Antanartia
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A. schaeneia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Antanartia
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Antanartia, commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices. For other admirals see genus, Vanessa. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of Antanartia have been moved to Vanessa based on molecular evidence.Antanartia borbonica was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in Antanartia based on morphological similarity.

The three species following Wahlberg et al., 2011, are:



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