Acraea perenna
| Acraea perenna | |
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| Acraea perenna and related species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. perenna |
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| Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847[1] | |
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Acraea perenna, the Falcate Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and forest-savanna mosaic in hilly country.
It is thought to be the main mimicry model for Graphium ridleyanus.
The larvae feed on Kolobopetalum chevalieri, Olobopetalum, Mikania (including Mikania saggitifera), Bridelia (including Bridelia micrantha), Adenia and Urera species.
Subspecies
- Acraea perenna perenna (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, central Kenya, north-western Zambia)
- Acraea perenna kaffana Rothschild, 1902 (Ethiopia)
- Acraea perenna thesprio Oberthür, 1893 (coast of Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea perenna |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 f ssp. kaffana
- Images representing Acraea perenna at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea perenna thesprio at Bold.
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