Acraea ventura

Acraea ventura
Acraea ventura figure 12
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. ventura
Binomial name
Acraea ventura Hewitson, 1877[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) ventura Acraea serena ab. melas Oberthür, 1893 Acraea ochrascens Sharpe, 1902 Acraea terpsichore var. bukoba Weymer, 1903

Acraea ventura is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya.^[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas.

The larvae feed on Cassia species.

Subspecies

• Acraea ventura ventura (Malawi, southern Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Angola)
• Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

Taxonomy

Acraea ventura is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.

References

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External links

• Images representing Acraea ventura at Bold.
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 a