Acraea aurivillii
Acraea aurivillii | |
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Acraea aurivillii figures 9, 10 (male), 11 (female) as Planema alicia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. aurivillii |
Binomial name | |
Acraea aurivillii Staudinger, 1896[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea aurivillii, the Large Alciope Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa, Urera flamigniana, Urera gravenreuthii, Urera thorneri, Pouzolzia denudata, Urera hypselodendron and Adenia species.
Subspecies
- Acraea aurivillii aurivillii (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, southern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Zambia)
- Acraea aurivillii schecana Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (south-western Ethiopia)
Etymology
The name honours the Swedish enomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea aurivillii. |
Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea aurivillii |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 e
- Images representing Acraea aurivillii at Bold
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