Acraea vumbui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. vumbui
Binomial name
Acraea vumbui
Stevenson, 1934 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea conradti r. vumbui Stevenson, 1934
  • Acraea (Actinote) vumbui
  • Acraea conradti vumbui
  • Acraea conradti vumbui ab. barnesi Stevenson, 1940
  • Acraea conradti vumbui f. cooksoni van Son, 1963

Acraea vumbui, the Vumba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing year round, but peaks occur in late summer.

The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4] (new synonym of Acraea conradti kuekenthali Le Doux, 1922)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Acraea vumbui.
  1. ↑ Stevenson, R.H.R. 1934. New South African butterflies. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesia Museum 1 (3): 10-17.
  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 2012-06-06.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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