Acraea oreas
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| Acraea oreas figure 5 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. oreas |
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| Acraea oreas Sharpe, 1891[1] | |
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Acraea oreas, the Black-and-white Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of mountainous areas at altitudes between 1,300 and 2,000 metres.
Adults are attracted to damp patches, excrement and rotten meat.
The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia and Morus species.
Subspecies
- Acraea oreas oreas (Democratic Republic of Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania)
- Acraea oreas angolanus Lathy, 1906 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, northern Zambia)
- Acraea oreas oboti Collins & Larsen, 2000 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau and Mambilla Plateau, Cameroon)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 c
- Images representing Acraea oreas at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea oreas oboti at Bold.
- Acraea oreas oreas at Pteron
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