Cassionympha detecta, the Cape brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, in the mountains of the Western Cape from Cederberg to Swartberg down to the coast, then along the south-east coast and hills to the Eastern Cape and into Great Karoo.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cape Dancing Brown being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Stygionympha vigilans
- Stygionympha wichgrafi
- Pseudonympha magus
- Cassionympha cassius
- Melampias huebneri
- Pseudonympha magoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Cassionympha
- Species
- Cassionympha detecta
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