Acraea neobule

Acraea neobule

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. neobule
Binomial name
*Acraea neobule* Doubleday, [1847]^[1]
Synonyms
Acroea seis Feisthamel, 1850 Acraea calyce Godman and Salvin, 1884 Acraea mhondana Vuillot, 1891 Acraea arabica Rebel, 1899 Acraea neobule socotrana Rebel, 1907 Acraea zambesina Aurivillius, 1909 Acraea neobule braesioides Wichgraf, 1914 Acraea neobule ab. guttata Wichgraf, 1914 Acraea violae neobule f. incredibilis Le Doux, 1922 Acraea violae neobule f. camaenopsis Le Doux, 1923 Acraea neobule seis f. cyaniris Le Cerf, 1927 Acraea terpsichore neobule f. kibwezina Le Doux, 1928 Acraea neobule f. isabellina Stoneham, 1943 Acraea neobule f. didalis Stoneham, 1943 Acraea neobule f. montana Stoneham, 1943 Acraea neobule f. macra Storace, 1949 Acraea neobule f. pallidepicta Storace, 1949 Acraea neobule f. sheba Gabriel, 1954 Acraea neobule f. melanica Woodhall, 2000

The Wandering Donkey Acraea (Acraea neobule) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia.

The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from September to April.^[2]

The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Adenia gummifera and Hybanthus species.

Subspecies

Acraea neobule neobule (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina-Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
Acraea neobule legrandi Carcasson, 1964 (Seychelles)

References

↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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