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Acraea acerata Hewitson, 1874[1]
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Acraea acerata, the Falls Acraea or Small Yellow-banded Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, north-western Zimbabwe, northern Botswana and northern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed areas in the forest zone, usually near water or in riverine bush.
Both sexes show colour and pattern variation.
The larvae feed on Merremia hederaca, Lepistemon owariense, Solanum, Passiflora, Vernonia, Ipomoea (including Ipomoea whytei, Ipomoea repens and Ipomoea batatas) and possibly Zea species.
Subspecies
- Bematistes vestalis vestalis (Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
- Bematistes vestalis congoensis (Le Doux, 1937) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba and Lushala), western Tanzania)
- Bematistes vestalis stavelia (Suffert, 1904) (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo: north-west to Mongala)
References
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