Acraea johnstoni

Acraea johnstoni, or Johnston's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Acraea johnstoni
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. johnstoni
Binomial name
Acraea johnstoni
Godman, 1885[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) johnstoni
  • Planema confusa Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Planema telekiana Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Acraea proteina Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea proteina var. flavescens Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea proteina var. semialbescens Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea proteina var. fulvescens Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea proteina var. semifulvescens Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea octobalia Karsch, 1894
  • Acraea silvicola Richelmann, 1913
  • Acraea johnstoni f. valdemaculosa Carpenter, 1932
  • Acraea johnstoni f. pretiosa Carpenter, 1932

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Pouzolzia parasitica, Urera trinervis, Laportea and Boehmeria species.

References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.


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