Acraea sotikensis
Acraea sotikensis | |
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Acraea sotikensis figure 15 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. sotikensis |
Binomial name | |
Acraea sotikensis Sharpe, 1892[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea sotikensis, the Sotik Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.
Taxonomy
Acraea sotikensis is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group see Acraea.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea sotikensis |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Images representing Acraea sotikensis at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea sotikensis karschi at Bold.
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 a also (b) as supponina.
- Acraea sotikensis at Pteron
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