Broad-bordered Acraea vs Fish-bone Cassia

Acraea anemosa compared with Chamaecrista mimosoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Broad-bordered Acraea Fish-bone Cassia
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) Fabaceae
Genus Acraea Chamaecrista
Species Acraea anemosa Chamaecrista mimosoides

Conservation Status

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Broad-bordered Acraea Fish-bone Cassia
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-bordered Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Fish-bone Cassia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (4 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

Broad-bordered Acraea

The Broad-bordered Acraea (Acraea anemosa) is a species in the genus Acraea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Fish-bone Cassia

No description available.

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