Acraea bomba, the Bomba acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and on the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe.[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. bomba
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Description edit
Very similar to Acraea anacreon qv. for diagnosis
Biology edit
The habitat consists of grassland and open woodland.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Alchemilla gracilipes, Aeschynomene, Adenia and Wormskioldia species.
Taxonomy edit
It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References edit
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- ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1889. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, East Coast of Africa, in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3: 121-137.
- ^ "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 2012-06-05.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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