Acara Acraea vs Vegetable fern

Acraea acara compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acara Acraea	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Acraea	Diplazium
Species	Acraea acara	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Acara Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acara Acraea	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acara Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Acara Acraea

The Acara Acraea (Acraea acara) is a species in the genus Acraea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It typically inhabits diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Habitat records describe it as occurring in diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats.