Acraea perenna
Acraea perenna, the falcate acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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.[2] The habitat consists of forests and forest-savanna mosaic in hilly country.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. perenna |
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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
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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea perenna. |
- "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Metomorphosis" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. 21 (1). March 2010. OCLC 864847323.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 f ssp. kaffana
- Images representing Acraea perenna at Bold
- Images representing Acraea perenna thesprio at Bold
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