Acraea quirina
| Acraea quirina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. quirina |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)[1] | |
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Acraea quirina, the Common Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of forests, extending into the Guinea savanna.
Both sexes mud puddle during very dry periods.
The larvae feed on Rinorea elliotii, Rinorea subintegrifolia, Rinorea poggei, Rinorea convallariflora and Drypetes species.
Subspecies
- Acraea quirina quirina (south-eastern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
- Acraea quirina rosa Eltringham, 1912 (Ethiopia, northern and eastern Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini