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Ariadne pagenstecheri
Ariadne pagenstecheri, the Pagenstecher's castor or scalloped castor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania and the eastern and central parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of the margins of sub-montane and montane forests.
The larvae feed on Tragia brevipes.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 880641.