Acraea vumbui

Acraea vumbui, the Vumba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Nymphalidae

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Acraea vumbui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. vumbui
Binomial name
Acraea vumbui Stevenson, 1934 [1][2]
Synonyms
Acraea conradti r. vumbui Stevenson, 1934 Acraea (Actinote) vumbui Acraea conradti vumbui Acraea conradti vumbui ab. barnesi Stevenson, 1940 Acraea conradti vumbui f. cooksoni van Son, 1963

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Adults are on wing year round, but peaks occur in late summer.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[4] (new synonym of Acraea conradti kuekenthali Le Doux, 1922)