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Hamanumida daedalus

Guinea-fowl Butterfly


Hamanumida daedalus


Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Hamanumida daedalus, the guineafowl butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae and only member of the genus Hamanumida.

Range: It is found in the Afrotropical realm (Natal, Eswatini, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).

 The wingspan is 55–65 mm for males and 60–78 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in midwinter and summer.

Food plants: The larvae feed on Combretum and Terminalia species.

Source: Wikipedia, article Hamanumida daedalus. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 125883
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Borakalalo National Park
Noroeste
South Africa
10/30/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
36389830/10/2015South AfricaNoroesteBorakalalo National ParkLuis Cesar Tejo
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Guinea-fowl Butterfly (Hamanumida daedalus) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 30/10/2026.