Acraea abdera
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| image = Abdera Acraea (Acraea abdera eginopsis) (20942072823).jpg
| image_caption = Acraea abdera eginopsis
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| taxon = Acraea abdera
| authority = Hewitson, 1852 Hewitson, W.C., 1852
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson London : John Van Voorst, [1856]-1876.[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraea/ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
| synonyms =
- Acraea (Acraea) abdera
- Acraea cepheus var. eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899
- Acraea cepheus f. nigrescens Eltringham, 1912
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Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo .{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc |archive-date=2012-08-10 |url-status=dead }}
Description
Very close to Acraea cepheus qv.
Subspecies
- Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)
- Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)
Biology
The habitat consists of forest edges.
Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.
The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea [http://www.acraea.com/image/liste/systematique.pdf pdf]
References
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External links
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- [http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=152060 Images] at Bold
- [http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraeini/acraeini.html Acraea abdera abdera and Acraea abdera eginopsis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127191155/https://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraeini/acraeini.html |date=2020-01-27 }} at Pteron
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Category:Butterflies described in 1852
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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