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Acraea semivitrea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea semivitrea

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Acraea semivitrea, the glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of sub-montane and lowland forests.

Adult males mud-puddle and are attracted to dung.

The larvae feed on Urera trinervis.

References

Acraea semivitrea Wikipedia