Acraea bomba
| Acraea bomba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. bomba |
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| Acraea bomba Grose-Smith, 1889[1] | |
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Acraea bomba, the Bomba Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and on the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of grassland and open woodland.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Alchemilla gracilipes, Aeschynomene, Adenia and Wormskioldia species.
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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