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Acraea rangatana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea rangatana

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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.

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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)

    • Taxonomy

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

    References

    Acraea rangatana Wikipedia
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