Acraea jodutta

Acraea jodutta, the jodutta acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Acraea jodutta
Acraea jodutta f. castanea figure 1, Acraea jodutta f. inaureata figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. jodutta
Binomial name
Acraea jodutta
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio jodutta Fabricius, 1793
  • Acraea (Actinote) jodutta
  • Acraea carmentis Doubleday, 1847
  • Acraea flava Dewitz, 1879
  • Planema dorotheae Sharpe, 1902
  • Acraea jodutta f. interjecta Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea jodutta f. subfulva Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea jodutta f. castanea Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea jodutta f. joduttana Strand, 1914
  • Acraea jodutta ab. integra Schultze, 1923
  • Acraea jodutta ab. clara Ungemach, 1932

The larvae feed on Fleurya, Urera, Pouzolzia and Boehmeria species.

Subspecies
  • Acraea jodutta jodutta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, Zambia)
  • Acraea jodutta aethiops Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (Ethiopia)

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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