Acraea pharsalus
| Acraea pharsalus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. pharsalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea pharsalus Ward, 1871[1] | |
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Acraea pharsalus, the East African Forest Acraea or Pharsalus Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation in Guinea savanna.
Adults have been recorded from July to September.
The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Tectona grandis, Ficus exasperata, Ficus aspersifolia, Ficus sycomorus, Laportea peduncularis, Fleurya ovalifolia and Boehmeria species.
Subspecies
- Acraea pharsalus pharsalus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea: Bioko and Annobon, Angola, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, northern Zambia)
- Acraea pharsalus carmen Pyrcz, 1991 (Equatorial Guinea: island of Principe)
- Acraea pharsalus pharsaloides Holland, 1892 (eastern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique)
- Acraea pharsalus rhodina Rothschild, 1902 (Ethiopia, Sudan: south to the Boma plateau)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 d
- Images representing Acraea pharsalus at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea pharsalus -oides at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea pharsalus carmen at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea pharsalus rhodina at Bold.
- Acraea Acraea pharsalus pharsalus at Pteron
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