Acraea viviana

Acraea viviana, the straw-coloured acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forests at altitudes above 1,300 meters.

Acraea viviana
In Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius's Rhopalocera Aethiopica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. viviana
Binomial name
Acraea viviana
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) viviana

The larvae feed on Triumfetta rhomboidea.

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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