Protogoniomorpha temora

Protogoniomorpha temora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Protogoniomorpha
Species:	P. temora
Binomial name
	Protogoniomorpha temora; (Felder & Felder, 1867)
	P. t. temora (Felder, 1867) P. t. virescens (Suffert, 1904)
Synonyms
	Salamis temora Felder & Felder, 1867; Junonia temora; Salamis amarantha Butler, 1869; Salamis temora virescens Suffert, 1904; Junonia temora virescens;

Protogoniomorpha temora, the blue mother-of-pearl or eastern blue beauty, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia.² The habitat consists of dense forests and riverine thicket.

The larvae feed on Paulowilhelmia sclerochiton, Mimulopsis spatulata, Sclerochiton paulowilhelmina, Justicia, Asystasia and Mellera species.

Subspecies

Protogoniomorpha temora temora (Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania, western Kenya, southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
Protogoniomorpha temora virescens (Suffert, 1904) (Tanzania: east to the Nguru and Uluguru Mountains)

References

Protogoniomorpha, here treated as a synonym of Salamis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

[funet-1] Protogoniomorpha, here treated as a synonym of Salamis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Junoniini". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

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