Acraea Rogersi
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''Acraea rogersi'', the Rogers' large acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the African tropics and northern subtropics.


Range

It is found in
Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
, Sierra Leone,
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the
Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya.


Description

left, ''Acraea rogersi'' f. ''salambo'' in Seitz (1925) ''A. rogersi'' is characterized by the presence of black submarginal dots at least in cellules 1b and 2 of both wings. The fore wing has a basal dot in 1b, a black spot in the cell, one at its apex and large discal dots in 1b to 6, of which those in 1b to 3 are placed in a straight line running parallel with the distal margin. The upperside of the hindwing is usually so much darkened at the base as far as the apex of the cell that the basal dots are not distinct, and has a broad black marginal band; beneath there are basal dots in 1a to 1c, 7 and 8 and two in the cell; the discal dots are usually present in all the cellules, but are irregularly arranged, the spots in 1c and 4 being placed nearer to the base than those next to them, a black dot on the middle discocellular; the submarginal dots are placed just before the marginal band and occur in the female in cellules 1b to 7, in the male often only in 1b to 3. * ''rogersi'' Hew. Black above with a transverse band 8 to 9 mm. in breadth on the hind wing and a large spot at the hinder angle of the fore wing in cellules 1 a to 2 in the male red or red-yellow, in the female only indistinctly reddish. Sierra Leone to Angola. * ''salambo'' Sm. (56 d). Both wings smoky brown above, more or less broadly relieved with yellowish grey in the middle. Among the type-form, * ''lamborni'' Eltr. is similar to the preceding form, but has a dirty cream coloured transverse band on the upperside of the hindwing. Larva black-brown with black spines and black head. Pupa light yellowish brown with fine black striae; head with two long, obtuse, divergent horns. Lagos.


Subspecies

120px, Pupa of ''A. rogersi'' f. ''lamborni'' in Eltringham (1912) *''Acraea rogersi rogersi'' — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo *''Acraea rogersi lankesteri'' Carpenter, 1941 — Uganda, south-western Kenya


Biology

The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on '' Adenia lobata'' and '' Theobroma cacao''.


Taxonomy

It is a member of the '' Acraea terpsicore'' species group – but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea'
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