Acraea excelsior

Acraea excelsior
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. excelsior
Binomial name
Acraea excelsior
Sharpe, 1891[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) excelsior

Acraea excelsior is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

The larvae feed on Triumfetta macrophylla.

Subspecies

  • Acraea excelsior excelsior (central Kenya, southern Tanzania)
  • Acraea excelsior usambarae Jackson, 1951 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)

Taxonomy

Acraea excelsior is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.

References


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