Pseudonympha magus, the silver-bottom brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from the Western Cape south to Cape Town and along the southern littoral north to the Eastern Cape.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Silver-bottom 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
- Pseudonympha magoides
- Cassionympha detecta
- Melampias huebneri
- Stygionympha vigilans
- Stygionympha wichgrafi
- Cassionympha cassius
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Pseudonympha
- Species
- Pseudonympha magus
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