Acraea disjuncta is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya and Uganda.
Description
A. disjuncta Sm. (= nandensis E. Sharpe) (60 c) resembles a small male jodutta; both wings blackish above with light yellow markings; the hindmarginal spot of the forewing is broad, without, however, reaching the base of cellules 1 a and 1 b; the subapical band is about 4 mm. in breadth and has a small spot in 3, which touches the hindmarginal spot; the median band on the upperside of the hindwing is about 8 mm. in breadth and the dark, sharply defined marginal band consequently at most 3 mm. Nandi, Ruwenzori; Lake Kiwi. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
Subspecies Acraea disjuncta disjuncta (western Kenya, Uganda) Acraea disjuncta kigeziensis Jackson, 1956 (Uganda: west to Toro and Kigezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kivu and Ituri) Biology The larvae feed on Urera hypselodendron. Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf References
External links
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