Acraea disjuncta

Acraea disjuncta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Uganda.[2]

Acraea disjuncta
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. disjuncta
Binomial name
Acraea disjuncta
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) disjuncta

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.

Subspecies

  • Acraea disjuncta disjuncta (western Kenya, Uganda)
  • Acraea disjuncta kigeziensis Jackson, 1956 (Uganda: west to Toro and Kigezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu and Ituri)

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.


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