Acraea rangatana

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

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Acraea rangatana is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia.

The larvae feed on Nesaea pediculata, Alchemilla gracilipes and Rotola species.

Subspecies

Acraea rangatana rangatana (Kenya: highlands east of the Rift Valley)

Acraea rangatana bettiana Joicey & Talbot, 1921 (Uganda: south-west to Kigezi, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: northern Kivu)

Acraea rangatana ecketti Jackson, 1951 (Kenya: highlands west of the Rift Valley)

Acraea rangatana maji Carpenter, 1935 (south-western Ethiopia)

Acraea rangatana is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.

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