Acraea baxteri

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

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Acraea baxteri is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Urera species.

Subspecies

Acraea baxteri baxteri (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi, Zambia)

Acraea baxteri oldeani Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania)

Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933 (north-eastern Uganda, Kenya)

Acraea baxteri subsquamia Thurau, 1903 (north-eastern Tanzania)

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