Acraea excelsior

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

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Acraea excelsior is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta macrophylla.

Subspecies

Acraea excelsior excelsior (central Kenya, southern Tanzania)

Acraea excelsior usambarae Jackson, 1951 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)

Acraea excelsior is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.

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