Acraea perenna

Acraea perenna
Acraea perenna and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. perenna
Binomial name
Acraea perenna
Doubleday, 1847[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) perenna
  • Acraea polydectes Ward, 1871
  • Acraea thesprio Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea perenna ab. usagara Strand, 1913

Acraea perenna, the Falcate Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and forest-savanna mosaic in hilly country.

It is thought to be the main mimicry model for Graphium ridleyanus.

The larvae feed on Kolobopetalum chevalieri, Olobopetalum, Mikania (including Mikania saggitifera), Bridelia (including Bridelia micrantha), Adenia and Urera species.

Subspecies

References

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