Mashuna mashuna

Species of butterfly

Mashuna mashuna

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mashuna
Species:	M. mashuna
Binomial name
*Mashuna mashuna* (Trimen, 1895)^[1]
Synonyms
Ypthima mashuna Trimen, 1895

Mashuna mashuna, the Mashuna ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas in savanna and grassland.

The larvae feed on Cynodon species.

References

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^ "Mashuna van Son, 1955" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Ypthimina". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-11.