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Acraea perenna

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

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Acraea lycoa, Acraea pharsalus, Acraea bonasia, Acraea quirina, Acraea jodutta

Acraea perenna, the falcate acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and forest-savanna mosaic in hilly country.

It is thought to be the main mimicry model for Graphium ridleyanus.

The larvae feed on Kolobopetalum chevalieri, Olobopetalum, Mikania (including M. saggitifera), Bridelia (including B. micrantha), Adenia and Urera species.

Subspecies

  • Acraea perenna perenna (Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, central Kenya, north-western Zambia)
  • Acraea perenna kaffana Rothschild, 1902 (Ethiopia)
  • Acraea perenna thesprio Oberthür, 1893 (coast of Kenya, eastern Tanzania, Malawi)

    • References

    Acraea perenna Wikipedia
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