Acraea asboloplintha

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

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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

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