Acraea pseudegina
| Acraea pseudegina | |
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| Acraea pseudegina from Somalia. Mounted specimen | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. pseudegina |
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| Acraea pseudegina Westwood, 1852 | |
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Acraea pseudegina is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
Description
Acraea pseudegina has a wingspan reaching about 45–55 millimetres (1.8–2.2 in). In this quite variable species the uppersides of the forewings are usually smoky black, with some black spots. Fringes are black except on the inder margins of both wings where they are yellowish. The uppersides of the hindwings have brick-red colour. An irregular row of nine spots shown by transparency from the underside crosses the discal area of the wings. The underside is similar to the upperside, but there is a series of black marking on the edge of the hind wings. Larvae feed on Passiflora and Cephalomma species.
Distribution
This species can be found in Senegal, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Western Kenya, Somalia and Southern Ethiopia.
Biology
The larvae feed on Passiflora and Cephalomma species.
References
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 f
- Images representing Acraea pseudegina at Bold.
- Acraea pseudegina
- Acraea pseudegina
- Papillons di Gabon
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