Acraea_abdera

<i>Acraea abdera</i>

Acraea abdera

Species of butterfly

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 .[3]

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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 [4]

References

  1. [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, [1856]-1876.
  2. [2]
    "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. [3]
    "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  4. [4]
    Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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