Acraea baxteri

Acraea baxteri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests.

Acraea baxteri
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. baxteri
Binomial name
Acraea baxteri
Sharpe, 1902[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) baxteri
  • Acraea fuelleborni Thurau, 1903
  • Acraea baxteri subsquamia f. lutea Carpenter and Jackson, 1950
  • Acraea fuelleborni var. subsquamia Thurau, 1903

The larvae feed on Urera species.

Subspecies
  • Acraea baxteri baxteri (southern Tanzania, northern Malawi, Zambia)
  • Acraea baxteri oldeani Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania)
  • Acraea baxteri philos Le Cerf, 1933 (north-eastern Uganda, Kenya)
  • Acraea baxteri subsquamia Thurau, 1903 (north-eastern Tanzania)

References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-04.


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