Acraea semivitrea

Acraea semivitrea, the glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane and lowland forests.

Acraea semivitrea
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. semivitrea
Binomial name
Acraea semivitrea
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) semivitrea
  • Acraea pervia Sharpe, 1897

Adult males mud-puddle and are attracted to dung.

The larvae feed on Urera trinervis.

References

  1. Acraea 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 2012-06-06.


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