Acraea rogersi
| Acraea rogersi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. rogersi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea rogersi Hewitson, 1873[1] |
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Acraea rogersi, Rogers’ Large Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Kenya.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Adenia lobata and Theobroma cacao.
Subspecies
- Acraea rogersi rogersi (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivoty Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Acraea rogersi lankesteri Carpenter, 1941 (Uganda, south-western Kenya)
References
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Acraea rogersi |
| Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea rogersi |
- ^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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