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Acraea acuta

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ4674804 ↗
Source-derived summary

Acraea acuta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.

Subspecies

Acraea acuta acuta (Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)

Acraea acuta ngorongoro Kielland, 1990 (northern Tanzania)

Acraea acuta nigromaculata Kielland, 1990 (north-eastern Tanzania)

Acraea acuta rubrobasalis Kielland, 1990 (north-eastern Tanzania)

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014

Biology

The habitat consists of montane forests and mountain summits with evergreen shrubs. The larvae probably feed on Urera species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Acraea acuta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.