Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea | |
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Similar Acraea pseudolycia, Acraea rabbaiae, Acraea axina, Acraea braesia, Acraea oncaea | ||
Acraea insignis, the black-blotched acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers. Adults are probably on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Vitis, Gossypium, Adenia and Kiggelaria species. Young larvae are dark brownish moulting to orange brown at the third instar. The pupa is golden to orange lined with black.
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