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Acraea vumbui

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Acraea vumbui
Scientific classification
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

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  1. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini


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