Berberia lambessanus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Berberia |
| Species: | B. lambessanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberia lambessanus (Staudinger, 1901)
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Berberia lambessanus is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is endemic to the North African region, mainly Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. It flies in the vast steppes but has a preference for slopes, and the males are easily seen flying in search of a shy female. Usually, females are fertilised as soon as they hatch. The range of Berberia lambessanus overlaps with that of B. abdelkader
Flight period
[edit]June to October, depending on altitude and locality.
Food plants
[edit]Larvae feed on Ampelodesmos mauretanica.
References
[edit]- ^ "Berberia de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
- Michel Tarrier
- Tennent, John, 1996; The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0-906802-05-9