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.[2] The habitat consists of the margins of sub-montane and montane forests.
| Scalloped castor | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ariadne |
| Species: | A. pagenstecheri
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| Ariadne pagenstecheri | |
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The larvae feed on Tragia brevipes.
References edit
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- ^ "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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