Acraea ntebiae

Acraea ntebiae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Acraea ntebiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. ntebiae
Binomial name
Acraea ntebiae
Sharpe, 1897[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) ntebiae
  • Acraea melanostricta Sharpe, 1904
  • Acraea mairessei Aurivillius, 1904
  • Acraea mairessei ab. dewitzi Aurivillius, 1904

Adults feed from flowers on trees and shrubs.

Subspecies
  • Acraea ntebiae ntebiae (central and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Acraea ntebiae dewitzi Carcasson, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: south-east to Shaba, Zambia)
  • Acraea ntebiae kigoma Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania: Mount Mahale)

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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