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Acraea caldarena (Black Tip Acraea)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Black tip acraea or Black-tipped acraea (Acraea caldarena) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa. The wingspan is 40–50 mm for males and 45–55 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year round, with a peak from August to April in southern Africa. The larvae feed on Passifloraceae species, including Tricliceras longipedunculatum and Adenia species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Adenia cissampeloides[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0