Acraea sotikensis

Acraea sotikensis
Acraea sotikensis figure 15
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. sotikensis
Binomial name
Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) sotikensis Acraea supponina Staudinger, 1896 Acraea supponina ninapo Suffert, 1904 Acraea sotikensis f. katana Eltringham, 1912 Acraea sotikensis rowena Eltringham, 1912 Acraea rupicola Schultze, 1912 Acraea sotikensis var. hansmeyeri Strand, 1913 Acraea sotikensis var. rowenina Gaede, 1915 Acraea karscheni var. cruentata Gaede, 1916 Acraea sotikensis f. bayeri Schouteden, 1919 Acraea karschi ab. vulcanica Schultze, 1923 Acraea sotikensis katerensis Stoneham, 1943 Acraea sotikensis f. exclamationis Stoneham, 1943 Acraea sotikensis f. albisubapex Stoneham, 1943 Acraea sotikensis f. rowena ab. mariae Dufrane, 1945 Acraea sotikensis f. rowena ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945

Acraea sotikensis, the Sotik Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.

Taxonomy

Acraea sotikensis is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.

References

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

External links

• Images representing Acraea sotikensis at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea sotikensis karschi at Bold.
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 a also (b) as supponina.
• Acraea sotikensis at Pteron