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Acraea neobule

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Acraea neobule

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Acraea

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Acraea serena, Acraea egina, Acraea zetes, Acraea pseudegina, Acraea quirina

Acraea neobule, the wandering donkey acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia.

The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year round, but are more common from September to April.

The larvae feed on Passiflora edulis, Passiflora incarnata, Adenia gummifera and Hybanthus species.

Subspecies

  • Acraea neobule subsp. neobule
  • Range: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina-Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, DRC, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
  • Acraea neobule subsp. legrandi Carcasson, 1964
  • Range: Seychelles

    References

    Acraea neobule Wikipedia


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