Rank Species | Genus Ariadne | |
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Similar Ariadne enotrea, Ariadne, Tuxentius carana, Junonia stygia, Pseudacraea semire | ||
Ariadne albifascia, the white-banded castor, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda. The habitat consists of forests, especially open degraded habitats.
The larvae feed on the Tragia species T. benthami, T. volubilis, T. brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia.
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