Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea | |
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Similar Acraea lycoa, Acraea pharsalus, Acraea quirina, Acraea egina, Acraea jodutta | ||
Acraea bonasia, the bonasia acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests.
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Adult males mud-puddle and visit patches of urine and animal excrement.
The larvae feed on Clappertonia ficifolia, Triumfetta macrophilla, Triumfetta ruwenzorensis, Triumfetta brachyceras, Triumfetta and Hibiscus species.
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Taxonomy
Acraea bonasia is the nominate member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.
References
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