Sevenia

Sevenia
Boisduval's tree nymph, female on left and male on right
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Epicaliini
Genus: Sevenia
Koçak, 1996
Synonyms
  • Crenis Boisduval, 1833 (non Hübner, 1821: preoccupied)
  • Sallya Hemming, 1964 (non Yochelson, 1956: preoccupied)
  • Asterope (auctt., nec Hübner, [1819])

Sevenia, commonly called tree nymphs, is a genus of forest butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that, as larvae, feed on plants of the family Euphorbiaceae. There are fourteen species from continental Africa and two (or three) species from Madagascar. See Idea for the genus of Southeast Asian tree nymphs.