Acraea excelsior
Acraea excelsior is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. excelsior |
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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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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea excelsior |
- "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 2012-06-05.
External links
- Images representing Acraea excelsior usambarae at Bold
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 a
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