Broad-bordered Acraea vs Vegetable fern

Acraea anemosa compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-bordered 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 anemosa	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-bordered Acraea	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-bordered 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.

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.