Acraea vumbui, the Vumba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.[3] The habitat consists of forests.
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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. vumbui
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| Acraea vumbui | |
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Adults are on wing year round, but peaks occur in late summer.
The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron.
It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4] (new synonym of Acraea conradti kuekenthali Le Doux, 1922)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea vumbui.
- ^ Stevenson, R.H.R. 1934. New South African butterflies. Occasional Papers of the Rhodesia Museum 1 (3): 10-17.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" 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.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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