Acraea abdera
Species of butterfly
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Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo .[3]
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| Acraea abdera | |
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| Acraea abdera eginopsis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. abdera |
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| Acraea abdera | |
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Description
Very close to Acraea cepheus qv.
Subspecies
- Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)
- Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
Biology
The habitat consists of forest edges.
Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
