Acraea brainei, the Braine's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-western Namibia.[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. brainei
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| Acraea brainei | |
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Biology edit
The habitat consists of granite outcrops on hills and ridges.
Both sexes feed from the flowers of Turnera oculata. They are on wing from February to April.
The larvae also feed on Turnera oculata.
Taxonomy edit
It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Acraea brainei.
- ^ Henning, G.A. 1986. A new species of Acraea F. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from South West Africa (Namibia) with revisional notes on the Acraea horta (L.) species group. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 49 (1): 29-37.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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