Acraea iturina

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

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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