Acraea ntebiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. ntebiae
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Binomial name | |
Acraea ntebiae | |
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Acraea ntebiae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[3]
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms. |
A. mairessei Auriv. Wings above fully scaled, black with 6 semitransparent white spots on the forewing (in 1 b, 2, 4-6 and in the apex of the cell) and a sulphur-yellow median band on the hindwing, formed as in melanoxantha Beneath the ground-colour of the hindwing and 8 or 9 elongate marginal spots on the forewing are bright sulphur-yellow; the veins of both wings very broadly edged with black at the distal margin; the streaks on the interneural folds are very short and thick, more like spots, and do not nearly reach the distal margin; cell of the hindwing only with one black dot. Congo and Uganda. - f. dewitzi Auriv. only differs in having the median band on the upperside of the hindwing red-yellow and the white spots in 1 b and the cell of the fore wing smaller. Congo region: Kassai. [4]
The habitat consists of forests.
Adults feed from flowers on trees and shrubs.
It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]