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Acraea iturina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea iturina

Acraea iturina, the Ituri Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters.

The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.

Subspecies

  • Acraea iturina iturina (Nigeria, Cameroon, to Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Acraea iturina kakana Eltringham, 1911 (south-western Ethiopia)

    • References

    Acraea iturina Wikipedia
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