Sevenia

Sevenia, commonly called tree nymphs, is a genus of forest butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that, as larvae, feed on plants of the family Euphorbiaceae.^[1] There are fourteen species from continental Africa and two (or three)^[2] species from Madagascar.^[3] See Idea for the genus of Southeast Asian tree nymphs.

Sevenia
Boisduval's tree nymph, female on left and male on right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Epicaliini
Genus:	Sevenia Koçak, 1996
Synonyms
Crenis Boisduval, 1833 (non Hübner, 1821: preoccupied) Sallya Hemming, 1964 (non Yochelson, 1956: preoccupied) Asterope (auctt., nec Hübner, [1819])

Taxonomy

Sevenia (as Sallya) has been viewed as a subgenus of the Neotropical genus Eunica by authors. The type species of the genus is Crenis madagascariensis Boisduval

Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[4][5][6]

• Sevenia amazoula (Mabille, 1880)
• Sevenia amulia (Cramer, 1777)
  • Sevenia amulia amulia (Cramer, 1777) (= Papilio amulia Cramer, 1777)
  • Sevenia amulia rosa (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Sevenia amulia intermedia Carcasson, 1961
• Sevenia benguelae (Chapman, 1872)
• Sevenia boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857) (= Crenis boisduvali Wallengren, 1857) – Boisduval's tree nymph
  • Sevenia boisduvali boisduvali (Wallengren, 1857)
  • Sevenia boisduvali omissa (Rothschild, 1918)
  • Sevenia boisduvali kaffana (Rothschild & Jordan)
  • Sevenia boisduvali insularis (Joicey & Talbot)
• Sevenia consors (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sevenia dubiosa (Strand, 1911)
• Sevenia garega (Karsch, 1892)
  • Sevenia garega garega (Karsch, 1892)
  • Sevenia garega ansorgei (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sevenia howensis (Staudinger, 1886)
• Sevenia madagascariensis (Boisduval, 1833) (= Crenis madagascariensis Boisduval, 1833)
• Sevenia morantii (Trimen, 1881) (= Crenis morantii Trimen, 1881) – Morant's tree nymph
  • Sevenia morantii morantii (Trimen, 1881)
  • Sevenia morantii dubiosa (Strand)
• Sevenia natalensis (Boisduval, 1847) (= Crenis natalensis Boisduval, 1847) – Natal tree nymph
• Sevenia occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
  • Sevenia occidentalium occidentalium (Mabille, 1876)
  • Sevenia occidentalium penricei (Rothschild & Jordan)
• Sevenia pechueli (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Sevenia pechueli pechueli (Dewitz, 1879)
  • Sevenia pechueli rhodesiana (Rothschild)
• Sevenia pseudotrimeni Kielland, 1985
• Sevenia rosa (Hewitson, 1877) – Rosa's tree nymph
• Sevenia silvicola (Schultze, 1917)
• Sevenia trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899) (= Crenis natalensis var. trimeni Aurivillius, 1899) – Trimen's tree nymph
  • Sevenia trimeni trimeni (Aurivillius, 1899)
  • Sevenia trimeni major (Rothschild)
• Sevenia umbrina (Karsch, 1892)