Acraea cuva
| Acraea cuva | |
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| Acraea cuva figure 5 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. cuva |
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| Acraea cuva Grose-Smith, 1889[1] | |
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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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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea cuva |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 a
- Images representing Acraea cuva at Bold
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