| Acraea rangatana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. rangatana |
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| Acraea rangatana | |
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Acraea rangatana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia. [3]
rangatana Eltr. (60 a) recalls the female of Acraea ventura , on the upper surface the dark marginal band of both wings is broader and the marginal spots are smaller and removed from the distal margin; the subapical band of the forewing is placed quite free and consists of three narrow whitish spots in cellules 4 to 6, of which the one in 6 is not half as long as the others; the ground-colour of the upper surface light ochre-yellow; hindwing beneath whitish yellow and marked almost as in ventura-, the red streaks in the basal part, however, united into a transverse band. British East Africa. -According to Trimen the larva is dull green with a white line on each side of the dorsum; dorsal and upper lateral spines black, the lower lateral spines yellow; head ochre-yellow; the first two dorsal spines projecting forwards and longer than the rest; lives on Hermannia and Triumfetta rhomboidea . Pupa whitish with the usual black markings; Fawcett has observed that pupae kept in dark boxes become slate-grey. [4]
The larvae feed on Nesaea pediculata , Alchemilla gracilipes and Rotola species.
Acraea rangatana is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea . See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
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