Acraea viviana
In Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius's Rhopalocera Aethiopica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. viviana
Binomial name
Acraea viviana
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) viviana

Acraea viviana, the straw-coloured acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[3]

Description

A. viviana Stgr. (56 c) is similar above to the preceding species and has the same light yellow markings. The hindmarginal spot of the forewing is, however, much broader, completely covering the base of cellule 2, and the median band of the hindwing is 6-8 mm. in breadth and in cellules 4 and 5 distally widened; the hindmarginal spot of the forewing forms a small spot in the lower angle of the cell. The under surface differs in the smaller number of the black dots in the basal area of the hindwing; in the cell and in cellule 7 these are connected by red streaks. Cameroons to Uganda and Bukoba. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of sub-montane forests at altitudes above 1,300 meters.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta rhomboidea.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Staudinger, O. 1896 Neue exotischer Tagfalter. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 9: 193-240.
  2. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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