Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea | |
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Similar Acraea parrhasia, Acraea quirina, Acraea jodutta, Acraea alciope, Acraea perenna | ||
Acraea aurivillii, the large alciope acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests.
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The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa, Urera flamigniana, Urera gravenreuthii, Urera thorneri, Pouzolzia denudata, Urera hypselodendron and Adenia species.
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Etymology
The name honours the Swedish entomologist Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius.
References
Acraea aurivillii Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA