Broad-bordered Acraea vs ilima

Acraea anemosa compared with Sida cordifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-bordered Acraea	ilima
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Malvaceae
Genus	Acraea	Sida
Species	Acraea anemosa	Sida cordifolia

Conservation Status

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

ilima

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-bordered Acraea	ilima
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-bordered Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

ilima

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (Sweden), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.