Acraea abdera

Acraea abdera, the Abdera acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Uganda and the Republic of the Congo .^[3]

Acraea abdera
Acraea abdera eginopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. abdera
Binomial name
Acraea abdera Hewitson, 1852 [1][2]
Synonyms
Acraea (Acraea) abdera Acraea cepheus var. eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 Acraea cepheus f. nigrescens Eltringham, 1912

Description

Very close to Acraea cepheus qv.

Subspecies

• Acraea abdera abdera (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sudan, Uganda)
• Acraea abdera eginopsis Aurivillius, 1899 (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

Biology

The habitat consists of forest edges.

Both sexes mud-puddle in hot, dry weather.

The larvae feed on Caloncoba gilgiana, Caloncoba glauca and Oncoba spinosa.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[4]