Acraea perenna

Acraea perenna
Acraea perenna and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. perenna
Binomial name
Acraea perenna Doubleday, 1847[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) perenna Acraea polydectes Ward, 1871 Acraea thesprio Oberthür, 1893 Acraea perenna ab. usagara Strand, 1913

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 the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the 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 M. saggitifera), Bridelia (including B. micrantha), Adenia and Urera species.

Subspecies

• Acraea perenna perenna (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the 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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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