Acraea vumbui

Acraea vumbui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. vumbui
Binomial name
	Acraea vumbui; Stevenson, 1934
Synonyms
	Acraea conradti r. vumbui Stevenson, 1934; Acraea (Actinote) vumbui; Acraea conradti vumbui; Acraea conradti vumbui ab. barnesi Stevenson, 1940; Acraea conradti vumbui f. cooksoni van Son, 1963;

Acraea vumbui, the Vumba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round, but peaks occur in late summer.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[4] (new synonym of Acraea conradti kuekenthali Le Doux, 1922)

References

^ Stevenson, R.H.R. 1934. New South African butterflies. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesia Museum 1 (3): 10-17.
^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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[1] Stevenson, R.H.R. 1934. New South African butterflies. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesia Museum 1 (3): 10-17.

[funet-2] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-06.

[4] Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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