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The Boland Brown (''Melampias huebneri'') is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan is 35–38 mm for males and 33–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June (''huebneri'') or from August (''steniptera'') to October and sometimes November. There is one generation per year.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae probably feed on Poaceae. Larvae have been reared on ''Ehrharta erecta'' and ''Avena sativa''. ==Subspecies== *''Melampias huebneri huebneri'' (western Cape from Clanwilliam south to the Cape Peninsula, east to the Gouritz River, at higher altitudes along the western edge of the Little Karoo from Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp) *''Melampias huebneri steniptera'' Vári, 1971 (hills in Namaqualand from Springbok to area just south of Garies in the northern Cape) 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「Melampias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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