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Acraea jodutta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

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Acraea pharsalus, Acraea parrhasia, Acraea quirina, Acraea egina, Acraea bonasia

Acraea jodutta, the jodutta acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Fleurya, Urera, Pouzolzia and Boehmeria species.

Subspecies

  • Acraea jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Zambia)
  • Acraea jodutta aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (Ethiopia)
  • References

    Acraea jodutta Wikipedia