Acraea vumbui

Acraea vumbui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. vumbui
Binomial name
	Acraea vumbui; Stevenson, 1934[1]
Synonyms
	Acraea conradti r. vumbui Stevenson, 1934; Acraea (Actinote) vumbui; Acraea conradti vumbui; Acraea conradti vumbui ab. barnesi Stevenson, 1940; Acraea conradti vumbui f. cooksoni van Son, 1963;

Acraea vumbui, the Vumba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round, but peaks occur in late summer.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.

References

"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 2012-06-06.

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[funet-1] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-06.