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Acraea insignis

Synonyms: Acraea balbina; Acraea buxtoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Acraea insignis, the Black-blotched Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests. Both sexes are attracted to flowers. Adults are probably on wing year round. The larvae feed on Vitis, Gossypium, Adenia and Kiggelaria species. Young larvae are dark brownish moulting to orange brown at the third instar. The pupa is golden to orange lined with black.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Camellia sinensis (tea)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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