Acraea abdera explained

Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo .^[1]

Description

Very close to Acraea cepheus qv.

Subspecies

• Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)
• Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

Biology

The habitat consists of forest edges.

Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.

The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[2]

External links

• Images at Bold
• Acraea abdera abdera and Acraea abdera eginopsis at Pteron

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc . 2012-08-10 . dead .
2. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf