Bug card No. 2138 of 4,939

Guineafowl butterfly

Hamanumida daedalus

Eats: Plants ButterfliesDeserts and dry places6 legs

The guineafowl butterfly is an African butterfly. It is so special that it is the only member of its genus. It lives in dry, low-lying land.

Lives in

Tropical and southern Africa and southwestern Arabia, in dry lowlands

Wingspan

5.5 to 7.8 cm (2.2 to 3.1 in)

Top speed

about 17 km/h (11 mph)

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. Butterflies cannot bite or sting.

What does it eat?

Its caterpillars eat the leaves of bushwillows and Terminalia trees.

How big is it?

wings as wide as 2.5 toy building brickscould fly across a whole football pitch in 22 seconds

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A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)

Guineafowl butterfly about 17 km/h (11 mph)

A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)

A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)

cool stuff

The females are a little bigger than the males.

You can see it flying all year round, with the most in midwinter and in summer.

It is the only species in its genus, called Hamanumida.

you asked

?Where does the guineafowl butterfly live?

In tropical and southern Africa and in southwestern Arabia, in dry lowlands.

?How big is the guineafowl butterfly?

Its wings measure about 5.5 to 7.8 centimetres from tip to tip.

Hamanumida daedalus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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