Acraea insignis
Acraea insignis, the black-blotched acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. insignis |
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Both sexes are attracted to flowers. Adults are probably on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Vitis, Gossypium, Adenia and Kiggelaria species. Young larvae are dark brownish moulting to orange brown at the third instar. The pupa is golden to orange lined with black.
Subspecies
- Acraea insignis insignis — Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
- Acraea insignis gorongozae van Son, 1963 — western Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe
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References
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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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