Acraea uvui: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Acraea
Species
Acraea uvui
Scientific Name
Acraea uvui

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Acraea uvui

Acraea uvui, the tiny acraea or tiny mountain acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola, northern Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and eastern Zaire. The habitat consists of sub-montane forests at altitudes ranging from 1,200 to 1,400 meters.

Adult males mud-puddle and are also attracted to urine and animal excrement.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species (including T. rhomboidea and T. macrophylla) and Sparmannia ricinocarpa.

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Acraea uvui in languages:

English
Tiny Acraea
English
Tiny Mountain Acraea

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