Acraea jodutta

Acraea jodutta
Acraea jodutta f. castanea figure 1 Acraea jodutta f. inaureata figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. jodutta
Binomial name
Acraea jodutta (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio jodutta Fabricius, 1793 Acraea (Actinote) jodutta Acraea carmentis Doubleday, 1847 Acraea flava Dewitz, 1879 Planema dorotheae Sharpe, 1902 Acraea jodutta f. interjecta Eltringham, 1912 Acraea jodutta f. subfulva Eltringham, 1912 Acraea jodutta f. castanea Eltringham, 1912 Acraea jodutta f. joduttana Strand, 1914 Acraea jodutta ab. integra Schultze, 1923 Acraea jodutta ab. clara Ungemach, 1932

Acraea jodutta, the Jodutta Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Fleurya, Urera, Pouzolzia and Boehmeria species.

Subspecies

• Acraea jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Zambia)
• Acraea jodutta aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (Ethiopia)

References

1. Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 e as carmentis and jodutta
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 a castanea
• Images representing Acraea jodutta at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea jodutta Principe at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea jodutta aethiops at Bold.
• Acraea jodutta jodutta at Pteron