Acraea kraka
Species of butterfly
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Acraea kraka, the kraka glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. kraka |
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Description
A. kraka Auriv. (53 b). Forewing to vein 2 and hindwing to the discal dots whitish yellow (male) or brown-yellow (female) (not black-grey as in the figure), otherwise hyaline; forewing usually with a black dot in the cell and with discal dots in 1 b and 2; hindwing in addition to the basal and discal dots usually with submarginal dots in 1 c and 2; marginal band diaphanous, 9 to 11 mm. in breadth. Cameroons, Fernando Po and Congo region in the primeval forests near Mawambi. [4]
Subspecies
- Acraea kraka kraka (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea and Bioko)
- Acraea kraka kibi Usher, 1986 (Ghana)
- Acraea kraka pallida Carpenter, 1932 (western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Ituri, Kivu)
Biology
The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba species.
Taxonomy
See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
