Acraea asboloplintha

Acraea asboloplintha
Acraea asboloplintha figures 4, 5, 6 as Acraea dissociata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. asboloplintha
Binomial name
Acraea asboloplintha
Karsch, 1894[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) asboloplintha
  • Acraea dissociata Grose-Smith, 1898

Acraea asboloplintha, the Black-winged Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Basananthe zanzibaricum and Adenia lobata.

Subspecies

References

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