Acraea bomba

Acraea bomba
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. bomba
Binomial name
Acraea bomba
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) bomba
  • Acraea anacreon bomba

Acraea bomba, the Bomba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and on the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe.[3]

Description

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Very similar to Acraea anacreon qv. for diagnosis

Biology

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The habitat consists of grassland and open woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Alchemilla gracilipes, Aeschynomene, Adenia and Wormskioldia species.

Taxonomy

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It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

References

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  1. ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, East Coast of Africa, in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3: 121-137.
  2. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf