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Acraea abdera
Acraea abdera eginopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. abdera
Binomial name
Acraea abdera
Hewitson, 1852
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) abdera
  • Acraea cepheus var. eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899
  • Acraea cepheus f. nigrescens Eltringham, 1912

Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo .

Description

Very close to Acraea cepheus qv.

Subspecies

  • Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)
  • Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

Biology

The habitat consists of forest edges.

Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.

The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014

References

  1. Hewitson, W.C., 1852 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson London : John Van Voorst, -1876.
  2. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  4. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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Taxon identifiers
Acraea abdera


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