Acraea doubledayi

Acraea doubledayi
Acraea doubledayi figures 1,2
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. doubledayi
Binomial name
Acraea doubledayi Guérin-Méneville, 1849[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Acraea) doubledayi Acraea gaekwari Sharpe, 1901 Acraea doubledayi f. rileyi Eltringham, 1913 Acraea doubledayi arabica Eltringham, 1912

Acraea doubledayi is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.^[2]

The larvae feed on Adenia species.

Subspecies

• Acraea doubledayi doubledayi (south-eastern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia)
• Acraea doubledayi azvaki d'Abrera, 1980 (south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)

Etymology

The name honours Edward Doubleday

References

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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 e and f