Acraea abdera
Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo .[2] The habitat consists of forest edges.
Acraea abdera | |
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Acraea abdera eginopsis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. abdera |
Binomial name | |
Acraea abdera | |
Synonyms | |
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Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.
Subspecies
- Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)
- Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea abdera. |
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- "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
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