Acraea rogersi

Acraea rogersi, the Rogers' large acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Acraea rogersi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. rogersi
Binomial name
Acraea rogersi
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) rogersi
  • Acraea salambo Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Acraea ehmckei Dewitz, 1889
  • Acraea rogersi lamborni Eltringham, 1912

The larvae feed on Adenia lobata and Theobroma cacao.

Subspecies
  • Acraea rogersi rogersi (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Acraea rogersi lankesteri Carpenter, 1941 (Uganda, south-western Kenya)
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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 2012-06-01.


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