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Acraea penelope

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea penelope

Similar
  
Acraea oreas, Acraea jodutta, Acraea parrhasia, Acraea lycoa, Acraea pharsalus

Acraea penelope, the Penelope acraea or Penelope's acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of sub-montane forests.

Subspecies

  • A. p. penelope (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)
  • A. p. vitrea Eltringham, 1912 (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley)
  • References

    Acraea penelope Wikipedia