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Acraea vumbui

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Acraea vumbui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. vumbui
Binomial name
Acraea vumbui
Stevenson, 1934[1]
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.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.

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 2012-06-06.