Acraea amicitiae
Species of butterfly
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Acraea amicitiae is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm (Zaire and Uganda).
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. amicitiae |
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Description
A. amicitiae Heron (= polychroma Rebel ) (59 f). Forewing above black in the basal half with 5 large, angular brown-red spots, two in 1 b, two in the cell and one in the middle of cellule 2, and in the apical half with three small diaphanous spots in 4 to 6. Hindwing above brown-red, in the basal part of cellules 1 a to 2 as far as vein 3 black and with free black discal dots in (4) 5 to 7; before the distal margin with a thick black submarginal line, which is connected with the distal margin by the black veins; on the under surface the basal part as far as the discal dots and the marginal band are dull grey-brown and the interspace forms an anteriorly widened light grey-yellow median band; basal and discal dots all free. Ruwenzori and in the mountainous country at the north-west end of Lake Tanganyika. [3]
Biology
The habitat consists of montane forests.[4] Adult males mud puddle.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
