Acraea oreas

Acraea oreas, the black-and-white acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of mountainous areas at altitudes between 1,300 and 2,000 metres.

Acraea oreas
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. oreas
Binomial name
Acraea oreas
Sharpe, 1891[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) oreas
  • Acraea oreas f. albimaculata Neave, 1904
  • Acraea angolanus Lathy, 1906
  • Acraea oreas ab. radians Aurivillius, 1913

Adults are attracted to damp patches, excrement and rotten meat.

The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia and Morus species.

Subspecies
  • Acraea oreas oreas (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri and northern Kivu, southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania)
  • Acraea oreas angolanus Lathy, 1906 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, northern Zambia)
  • Acraea oreas oboti Collins & Larsen, 2000 (Nigeria: Obudu Plateau and Mambilla Plateau, Cameroon)

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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