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Acraea serena (Fabricius, 1775)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
20
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
1159
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
UBQ
:
Can be found in nearly all types of habitats
UBQ
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
AFR
:
Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated
AFR
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Ehretiaceae
- Cordia milleri
Malvaceae
- Hibiscus
- Sida
Solanaceae
- Nicotiana
Sterculiaceae
- Corchorus
- Dombeya
- Hermannia
- Melochia melissifolia
- Waltheria indica
Tiliaceae
- Tilia cordata
, [in captivity]
- Triumfetta annua
- Triumfetta glechomifolia
- Triumfetta macrophylla
- Triumfetta pilosa
- Triumfetta rhomboidea
Verbenaceae
- Gmelina arbora
- Tectona grandis
Ehretiaceae
- Cordia milleri
Malvaceae
- Hibiscus
- Sida
Solanaceae
- Nicotiana
Sterculiaceae
- Corchorus
- Dombeya
- Hermannia
- Melochia melissifolia
- Waltheria indica
Tiliaceae
- Tilia cordata
([in captivity])
- Triumfetta annua
- Triumfetta glechomifolia
- Triumfetta macrophylla
- Triumfetta pilosa
- Triumfetta rhomboidea
Verbenaceae
- Gmelina arbora
- Tectona grandis
Acraea serena
Photographer: Wiebe Poppe
Records
All subspecies
subspecies
1.
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2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011