Aterica galene, the forest glade nymph, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa."Aterica Boisduval, 1833" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
The wingspan is 45–55 mm.
The larvae feed on Combretum, Quisqualis indica, Quisqualis littorea, Terminalia glaucescens and Scottellia
Subspecies Aterica galene galene (western Kenya, Uganda, western Tanzania to Zaire, Angola, Cameroon, Senegal) Aterica galene theophane Hopffer, 1855 (Kenya to Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi) Aterica galene incisa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Ethiopia) Aterica galene extensa Heron, 1909 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, Zambia)
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