Rank Species | Genus Acraea | |
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Similar Acraea abdera, Acraea quirina, Acraea admatha, Acraea pseudegina, Acraea parrhasia | ||
Acraea camaena, the large smoky acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of the Congo and Angola (the Cabinda enclave). The habitat consists of dry forests, including open coastal forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Premna hispida and Smeathmannia pubescens.
References
Acraea camaena Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA