Acraea acerata

Acraea acerata, the falls acraea or small yellow-banded acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, north-western Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and northern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in the forest zone, usually near water or in riverine bush.

Acraea acerata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. acerata
Binomial name
Acraea acerata
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) acerata
  • Acraea vinidia Hewitson, 1874
  • Acraea tenella Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Telchinia tenella
  • Acraea abbotti Holland, 1892
  • Acraea brahmsi Suffert, 1904
  • Acraea vinidia diavina Suffert, 1904
  • Acraea pullula Grünberg, 1911
  • Acraea vinidia ab. ruandae Grünberg, 1911
  • Acraea acerata vinidia ab. burigensis Strand, 1913
  • Acraea acerata tenella f. alluaudi Le Cerf, 1927
  • Acraea acerata hoursti Le Cerf, 1927
Iconotype (type illustration) plate from Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies

Both sexes show colour and pattern variation.

The larvae feed on Merremia hederaca, Lepistemon owariense, Solanum, Passiflora, Vernonia, Ipomoea (including Ipomoea whytei, Ipomoea repens and Ipomoea batatas) and possibly Zea species.

Taxonomy

Acraea acerata is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.

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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