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''Apaturopsis cleochares'', the Painted Empress, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Subfamily Apaturinae )〕 The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland. Adults are attracted to fermenting bananas, excrement and other decaying matter. They are on wing from September to May. The larvae possibly feed on ''Obetia tenax''. ==Subspecies== *''Apaturopsis cleochares cleochares'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western and northern Tanzania) *''Apaturopsis cleochares schultzei'' Schmidt, 1921 (central Kenya, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania: Usambara Mountains) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apaturopsis cleochares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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