Acraea cuva

Acraea cuva
Acraea cuva figure 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. cuva
Binomial name
Acraea cuva
Grose-Smith, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) cuva
  • Acraea dammi nidama Suffert, 1904

Acraea cuva, the Chic Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania and in Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat probably consists of forests.

Both sexes feed from the flowers of Lantana species.

References

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