Acraea caecilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Acraea
Species:
A. caecilia
Binomial name
Acraea caecilia
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio caecilia Fabricius, 1781
  • Acraea (Acraea) caecilia
  • Papilio hypatia Drury, 1782
  • Papilio artemesa Stoll, 1790
  • Telchinia bendis Hübner, 1819
  • Acraea caecilia f. varia Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea caecilia f. pudora Aurivillius, 1910
  • Acraea caecilia ab. umbrina Aurivillius, 1910
  • Acraea caecilia ab. nuda Wichgraf, 1914

Acraea caecilia, the Pink Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and dry thornbush.

The larvae feed on Wormskioldia (including Wormskioldia pilosa) and Adenia species (including Adenia cissampeloides).

Subspecies

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Acraea caecilia.
  1. ^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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