Nepheronia buquetii, the plain vagrant, Buquet's vagrant, or green-eyed monster, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found throughout Africa.
The wingspan is 45âÂÂ50 mm for males and 48âÂÂ56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, more commonly in winter months.
The larvae feed on Azima tetracantha and Salvadora persica.
Subspecies
- N. b. buquetii <small>(Boisduval, 1836)</small> (northern Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania, Zambia, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa)
- N. b. buchanani <small>(Rothschild, 1921)</small> (North Africa, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- N. b. pauliani <small>Bernardi, 1958</small> (Madagascar)
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