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
Binomial name
Acraea bomba
Grose-Smith, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) bomba
  • Acraea anacreon bomba

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.

References

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