Acraea asboloplintha
| Acraea asboloplintha | |
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| Acraea asboloplintha figures 4, 5, 6 as Acraea dissociata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. asboloplintha |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea asboloplintha Karsch, 1894[1] | |
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Acraea asboloplintha, the Black-winged Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.
The larvae feed on Basananthe zanzibaricum and Adenia lobata.
Subspecies
- Acraea asboloplintha asboloplintha (Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: east to Ituri and Kivu)
- Acraea asboloplintha rubescens Trimen, 1909 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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