Acraea abdera

Updated on Dec 20, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea

Similar Acraea jodutta, Acraea alciope, Acraea quirina, Acraea parrhasia, Acraea admatha

Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo . The habitat consists of forest edges.

Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.

The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.

Subspecies

Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)

Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

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