Issoria smaragdifera

Issoria smaragdifera, the African queen fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of montane grassland on the edges of montane forests.

Issoria smaragdifera
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Issoria
Species:	I. smaragdifera
Binomial name
Issoria smaragdifera (Butler, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
Argynnis smaragdifera Butler, 1895

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Viola abyssinica.

Subspecies

• Issoria smaragdifera smaragdifera (highlands of Malawi, eastern Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe)
• Issoria smaragdifera reducta Carcasson, 1961 (southern highlands of Tanzania and possibly Zambia)