Acraea semivitrea, the glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. semivitrea
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| Acraea semivitrea | |
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Description
editA. semivitrea Auriv. (27 b). Forewing diaphanous with fine black veins and black margins; the broad marginal band forms on its proximal side triangular black spots on veins 2-5. Hindwing above at the base black-brown with black dots and at the distal margin with a broad black band, between these with light median band, widened at the inner margin, sulphur-yellow in cellules la, lb, 1 c and 2 and often also in the cell, but in the other cellules diaphanous. On the under surface all the black parts of the upperside are bright light yellow; the black streaks on the interneural folds are proximally thickened, distally pointed, and often do not quite reach the distal margin; cell with 2 or 3, cellule 7 with 1 or 2 black dots; cellules 2-6 without discal dots. Congo to Uganda[4]
Biology
editTheir habitat consists of sub-montane and lowland forests.
Adult males mud-puddle and are attracted to dung.
The larvae feed on Urera trinervis.
Taxonomy
editIt is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
References
edit- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1895 Neue Acraeiden aus dem Congo-Gebiete. Entomologisk Tidskrift 16: 111-112.
- ^ Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
External links
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- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 b
- Images representing Acraea semivitrea at Bold.
- Acraea semivitrea Archived 2020-01-27 at the Wayback Machine at Pteron
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