Acraea jodutta
Acraea jodutta | |
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Acraea jodutta f. castanea figure 1 Acraea jodutta f. inaureata figure 8 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. jodutta |
Binomial name | |
Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea jodutta, the Jodutta Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Fleurya, Urera, Pouzolzia and Boehmeria species.
Subspecies
- Acraea jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Zambia)
- Acraea jodutta aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (Ethiopia)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea jodutta |
- ↑ 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 as carmentis and jodutta
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a castanea
- Images representing Acraea jodutta at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea jodutta Principe at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea jodutta aethiops at Bold.
- Acraea jodutta jodutta at Pteron
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