Acraea kraka
Acraea kraka | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. kraka |
Binomial name | |
Acraea kraka Aurivillius, 1893[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea kraka, the kraka glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba species.
Subspecies
- Acraea kraka kraka (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea and Bioko)
- Acraea kraka kibi Usher, 1986 (Ghana)
- Acraea kraka pallida Carpenter, 1932 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Kivu)
References
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- ↑ Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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