Hamanumida daedalus

Hamanumida daedalus
	Both in Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Limenitidinae
Genus:	Hamanumida; Hübner, 1819
Species:	H. daedalus
Binomial name
	Hamanumida daedalus; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Genus:; Canopus Felder, 1861; Leucotricha Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Species:; Papilio daedalus Fabricius, 1775; Papilio meleagris Cramer, [1775]; Papilio melantha Fabricius, 1775; Papilio hesperus Fabricius, 1793; Hamanumida daedalus var. meleagrina Staudinger, 1886; Hamanumida daedalus f. bicolor Ungemach, 1932; Hamanumida daedalus f. icarus Stoneham, 1965;

Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and only member of the genus Hamanumida.

Range

It is found in the Afrotropical realm^[1] (Natal, Eswatini, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).

The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.^[2]

The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.

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^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.