Acraea parrhasia

Acraea parrhasia
Acraea parrhasia parrhasia figure 3
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. parrhasia
Binomial name
Acraea parrhasia (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio parrhasia Fabricius, 1793 Acraea (Actinote) parrhasia Acraea servona Godart, 1819 Acraea leona var. parrhoppidia Staudinger, 1896 Acraea parrhasia f. pseudoppidia Strand, 1914 Acraea lycoides Boisduval, 1836 Acraea dejana Godman and Salvin, 1890 Acraea cerceis rhodina Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 Acraea servona f. rubra Eltringham, 1912 Acraea servona tenebrosa Eltringham, 1912 Acraea servona f. digitata Carpenter, 1935 Acraea servona tenebrosana Ackery, 1995 Acraea cerceis var. subochreata Grünberg, 1910 Acraea oppidia Hewitson, 1874 Acraea circeis var. orientis Aurivillius, 1904 Acraea cerceis ab. depunctella Strand, 1911 Acraea cerceis ab. unipunctella Strand, 1911 Acraea cerceis ab. semipunctella Strand, 1911 Acraea cerceis ab. transienda Strand, 1911

Acraea parrhasia, the Yellow-veined Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Urtica species (including Urera rigida) and Dioscorea smilacifolia.

Subspecies

• Acraea parrhasia parrhasia (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• Acraea parrhasia kenya van Someren & Rogers, 1926 (Kenya: north-eastern slopes of Mount Kenya and the Njombeni Hills)
• Acraea parrhasia limonata Eltringham, 1912 (Bioko)
• Acraea parrhasia orientis Aurivillius, 1904 (eastern and north-eastern Tanzania, Kenya: south-east to the Teita Hills)
• Acraea parrhasia servona Godart, 1819 (Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, southern Ethiopia, western Kenya, north-western Zambia)

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 a also as opidia and (b) servona and (c) ssp. orientis
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 e parrhasia
• Images representing Acraea parrhasia at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea servona at Bold.
• Images representing Acraea servona rubra at Bold.
• Acraea parrhasia servona at Pteron