Acraea goetzei

Acraea goetzei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Malawi, eastern Zambia, southern and western Tanzania, south-western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Kivu) and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Acraea goetzei
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. goetzei
Binomial name
Acraea goetzei
Thurau, 1903[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) goetzei
  • Acraea byatti Neave, 1904

Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from March to June.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta rhomboidea.

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  • Thurau, 1903 Neue Rhopaloceren aus Ost Afrika. Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See-un Kenya-Gebirgs-Expedition der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung Berl. ent. Z. 48 : 117-143
  • Thurau, 1903 Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost- und Central-Afrika, im Königl. zoologischen Museum zu Berlin Berl. ent. Z. 48 : 301-314


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