Antanartia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Antanartia
Species (3):
A. borbonica – A. delius – A. schaeneia
Name

Antanartia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 508.

Type species: Papilio delius Drury, [1782].
References
Primary references

Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. Lepidoptera collected by Oscar Neumann in north-east Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 10(3): 491–542, 12: 175–191. Reference page.

Additional references

Bouyer, T. 2010. Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce d’Antanartia du Katanga (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Entomologia Africana 15(1): 19–21. Addenda corrigenda in 16(2): 48. ResearchGate Reference page.
Howarth, T.G. 1966. Revisional notes on the genus Antanartia (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 18: 21–43, pl. 1–5. Online. Reference page.
Wahlberg, N., Brower, A.V.Z. & Nylin, S. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(2): 227–251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x Open access. Reference page.
Wahlberg, N., & Rubinoff, D. 2011. Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa. Systematic entomology 36(2): 362–370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x Reference page.
Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea.

Antanartia, commonly called (African) admirals, is a genus in the family Nymphalidae found in southern Africa. They live along forest edges and are strongly attracted to rotting fruit and plant juices.[1] For other admirals see genus, Vanessa. Recently, three species traditionally considered to be members of Antanartia have been moved to Vanessa based on molecular evidence.[2] Antanartia borbonica was not sampled by the study, but was purported to belong in Antanartia based on morphological similarity.
Species

The three species following Wahlberg et al., 2011, are:[3]

Antanartia borbonica (Oberthür, 1880)
Antanartia delius (Drury, 1782) – orange admiral
Antanartia schaeneia (Trimen, 1879) – long-tailed admiral

Former species

Antanartia abyssinica is now Vanessa abyssinica (Felder, 1867)
Antanartia dimorphica is now Vanessa dimorphica (Howarth, 1966)
Antanartia hippomene is now Vanessa hippomene (Hübner, 1823)

References

Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.
Wahlberg, Niklas; Rubinoff, Daniel (2011). "Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa". Systematic Entomology. 36 (2): 362–370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x.