Acraea asboloplintha
Acraea asboloplintha, the black-winged acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.
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| Figures 4, 5 and 6 as Acraea dissociata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. asboloplintha |
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| Acraea asboloplintha | |
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The larvae feed on Basananthe zanzibarica and Adenia lobata.
Subspecies
- Acraea asboloplintha asboloplintha (Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Ituri and Kivu)
- Acraea asboloplintha rubescens Trimen, 1909 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea asboloplintha |
- "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
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