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Acraea oncaea (Window Acraea)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Window acraea (Acraea oncaea) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, from eastern Africa to Abyssinia and in Congo. The wingspan is 40–48 mm for males and 43–55 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year round, with a peak from September to May. There are multiple generations per year. The larvae feed on Xylotheca kraussiana, Tricliceras longipedunculatum and Passifloraceae species, including Adenia species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Xylotheca kraussiana (African Dog-rose)[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