Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea | |
Similar Acraea parrhasia, Acraea abdera, Acraea alciope, Acraea jodutta, Acraea quirina | ||
Acraea polis, the western musanga acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon. The habitat consists of secondary forests with Musanga species.
The larvae feed on Musanga cecropioides, Boehmeria and Myrianthus species.
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