Acraea ventura
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. ventura
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Acraea ventura is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of marshy areas.
The larvae feed on Cassia species.
Subspecies
- Acraea ventura ventura (Malawi, southern Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Angola)
- Acraea ventura ochrascens Sharpe, 1902 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Taxonomy
Acraea ventura is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea ventura.
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea ventura.
- ^ "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 2012-06-05.
External links
- Images representing Acraea ventura at Bold.
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 a
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