''Acraea equatorialis'' is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in
Uganda,
Kenya and
Tanzania.
Description
''A. aequatorialis''
icNeave (60 g) has the forewing thinly scaled and only bordered by a fine black line at the apex and distal margin; marginal band of the hindwing above in the male very narrowly light-spotted or incomplete, in the female more sharply defined and more indistinctly spotted; the base of the hind wing above narrowly tinged with blackish; the black dots are arranged as in the other species; wings above light (reddish) yellow; the forewing at the distal margin with finely black veins and fine streaks on the folds, occasionally with submarginal dot in 2 or in lb. British East Africa: Kisumu. - ''anaemia'' Eltr. only differs in the lighter and more thinly scaled wings. Kilimandjaro and British East Africa.
Subspecies
*''Acraea equatorialis equatorialis'' (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
*''Acraea equatorialis anaemia''
Eltringham, 1912 (eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
Biology
The larvae feed on ''
Passiflora
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Malva verticillata
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Taxonomy
It is a member of the ''
Acraea caecilia
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species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.
[Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea']
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References
External links
Images representing ''Acraea equatorialis''
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Methods and use
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Butterflies described in 1904
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