Acraea semivitrea
Acraea semivitrea, the glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane and lowland forests.
| Acraea semivitrea | |
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| In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. semivitrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea semivitrea Aurivillius, 1895[1] | |
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Adult males mud-puddle and are attracted to dung.
The larvae feed on Urera trinervis.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea semivitrea. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea semivitrea. |
- Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 b
- Images representing Acraea semivitrea at Bold.
- Acraea semivitrea at Pteron
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