Ypthimomorpha

Ypthimomorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Genus:	Ypthimomorpha; van Son, 1955
Species:	Y. itonia
Binomial name
	Ypthimomorpha itonia; (Hewitson, 1865)
Synonyms
	Ypthima itonia Hewitson, 1865; Yphthima hoehneli Holland, 1896; Ypthima hoehneli; Ypthima itonia ab. microocellata Strand, 1909; Ypthima itonia ab. quadriocellata Strand, 1909; Ypthima itonia ab. pluripupillata Strand, 1909; Ypthima itonia ab. subocellata Strand, 1909; Ypthima itonia ab. pluriocellata Strand, 1913;

Ypthimomorpha is a monotypic butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Ypthimomorpha itonia, the marsh ringlet or swamp ringlet, which is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, northern and eastern Zimbabwe, western Mozambique and Botswana.^[2] The habitat consists of open, moist areas and marshes on forest margins.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

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