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Acraea omrora

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Acraea omrora
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. omrora
Binomial name
Acraea omrora
Trimen, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) omrora
  • Acraea violarum umbrata Wichgraf, 1909

Acraea omrora, the omrora acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Adults are on wing from August to December.

The larvae feed on Basananthe reticulata.

Subspecies

  • Acraea omrora omrora (southern Angola)
  • Acraea omrora umbraetae Pierre, 1988 (northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba and Haut-Lomani)

References

  1. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.