Acraea sotikensis

Acraea sotikensis
	Figure 15
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. sotikensis
Binomial name
	Acraea sotikensis; Sharpe, 1892[1]
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) sotikensis; Acraea supponina Staudinger, 1896; Acraea supponina ninapo Suffert, 1904; Acraea sotikensis f. katana Eltringham, 1912; Acraea sotikensis rowena Eltringham, 1912; Acraea rupicola Schultze, 1912; Acraea sotikensis var. hansmeyeri Strand, 1913; Acraea sotikensis var. rowenina Gaede, 1915; Acraea karscheni var. cruentata Gaede, 1916; Acraea sotikensis f. bayeri Schouteden, 1919; Acraea karschi ab. vulcanica Schultze, 1923; Acraea sotikensis katerensis Stoneham, 1943; Acraea sotikensis f. exclamationis Stoneham, 1943; Acraea sotikensis f. albisubapex Stoneham, 1943; Acraea sotikensis f. rowena ab. mariae Dufrane, 1945; Acraea sotikensis f. rowena ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945;

Acraea sotikensis, the Sotik acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.

Taxonomy

Acraea sotikensis is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea.

"Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

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