Sevenia natalensis

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| name = Natal tree nymph

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| taxon = Sevenia natalensis

| authority = (Boisduval, 1847)

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  • Crenis natalensis Boisduval, 1847
  • Asterope natalensis
  • Sallya natalensis
  • Crenis wallengreni Staudinger, 1886
  • Sallya natalensis f. melania van Son, 1979

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Sevenia natalensis, the Natal tree nymph, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae found in southeastern Africa.[http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/biblidinae/sallya/index.html Sallya] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wingspan: 40–48 mm.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

Flight period year round, peaking between February and May.

Larvae feed of Sapium reticulatum and Sapium integerrimum.

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Category:Butterflies described in 1847

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval

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