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Acraea excelsior

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea excelsior

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

Contents

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)
  • Taxonomy

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

    References

    Acraea excelsior Wikipedia