Acraea bonasia
Appearance
Acraea bonasia | |
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both in Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. bonasia
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Binomial name | |
Acraea bonasia | |
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Acraea bonasia, the bonasia acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud-puddle and visit patches of urine and animal excrement.
The larvae feed on Clappertonia ficifolia, Triumfetta macrophilla, Triumfetta ruwenzorensis, Triumfetta brachyceras, Triumfetta and Hibiscus species.
Subspecies
- Acraea bonasia bonasia (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan (south), Uganda (west), Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia)
- Acraea bonasia banka Eltringham, 1912 (Ethiopia: highlands)
Taxonomy
Acraea bonasia is the nominate member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea bonasia.
- ^ Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 b as both bonasia and praeponina.
External links
- Images representing Acraea bonasia at Bold
- Acraea bonasia bonasia at Pteron