Acraea brainei
Acraea brainei, the Braine's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-western Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of granite outcrops on hills and ridges.
| Acraea brainei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. brainei |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea brainei Henning, 1986[1] | |
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Both sexes feed from the flowers of Turnera oculata. They are on wing from February to April.
The larvae also feed on Turnera oculata.
References
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea brainei. |
| Wikispecies has information related to Acraea brainei. |
- "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 2012-05-30.
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