Acraea excelsior
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Acraea excelsior is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
The larvae feed on Triumfetta macrophylla.
Subspecies
- Acraea excelsior excelsior (central Kenya, southern Tanzania)
- Acraea excelsior usambarae Jackson, 1951 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
Taxonomy
Acraea excelsior is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea excelsior.
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea excelsior.
- ^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Images representing Acraea excelsior usambarae at Bold
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 a
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