Ypthima recta
| Ypthima recta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ypthima |
| Species: | Y. recta
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| Binomial name | |
| Ypthima recta Overlaet, 1955[1]
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Ypthima recta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, northern Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, western Kenya, and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of grassy areas at forest margins and along roads in the forest.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to Ypthima recta.
- ^ "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina