Acraea iturina

Acraea iturina, the Ituri glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters.

Acraea iturina
A. i. kakana figure 14
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. iturina
Binomial name
Acraea iturina
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) iturina
  • Acraea iturinoides Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea iturina f. sinepeduncles Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea iturina f. albicolor Stoneham, 1943
  • Acraea kakana ab. infernalis Ungemach, 1932

The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.

Subspecies

  • Acraea iturina iturina (Nigeria, Cameroon, to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Acraea iturina kakana Eltringham, 1911 (south-western Ethiopia)

References

  1. Acraea 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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