Acraea orestia

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea

Acraea orestia, the Orestia glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of disturbed forests and successional growth.

The larvae feed on Laportea ovalifolia.

Subspecies

Acraea orestia orestia (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

Acraea orestia sambar Stoneham, 1943 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)

References

Acraea orestia Wikipedia

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