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Acraea asboloplintha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea asboloplintha

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Acraea asboloplintha, the black-winged acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Basananthe zanzibaricum and Adenia lobata.

Subspecies

  • Acraea asboloplintha asboloplintha (Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Ituri and Kivu)
  • Acraea asboloplintha rubescens Trimen, 1909 (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)
  • References

    Acraea asboloplintha Wikipedia