Acraea oreas
Acraea oreas, the black-and-white acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of mountainous areas at altitudes between 1,300 and 2,000 metres.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. oreas |
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Adults are attracted to damp patches, excrement and rotten meat.
The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia and Morus species.
Subspecies
- Acraea oreas oreas (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania)
- Acraea oreas angolanus Lathy, 1906 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, northern Zambia)
- Acraea oreas oboti Collins & Larsen, 2000 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau and Mambilla Plateau, Cameroon)
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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 2012-06-05.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 c
- Images representing Acraea oreas at Bold
- Images representing Acraea oreas oboti at Bold
- Acraea oreas oreas at Pteron
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