Acraea rogersi

Acraea rogersi
Acraea rogersi figures 6,7,8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. rogersi
Binomial name
Acraea rogersi
Hewitson, 1873[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) rogersi
  • Acraea salambo Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Acraea ehmckei Dewitz, 1889
  • Acraea rogersi lamborni Eltringham, 1912

Acraea rogersi, Rogers’ Large Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Adenia lobata and Theobroma cacao.

Subspecies

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea rogersi.
Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea rogersi

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, August 17, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.