Acraea iturina
Appearance
Acraea iturina | |
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A. i. kakana figure 14 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. iturina
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Binomial name | |
Acraea iturina Grose-Smith, 1890[1]
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Acraea iturina, the Ituri glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters.
The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.
Subspecies
- Acraea iturina iturina (Nigeria, Cameroon, to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
- Acraea iturina kakana Eltringham, 1911 (south-western Ethiopia)
References
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- ^ 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 2012-06-05.
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