Acraea alciope

Acraea alciope
Original illustratios (figures 4,5,6) in Hewitson's Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. alciope
Binomial name
Acraea alciope
Hewitson, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) alciope
  • Planema macarina Butler, 1868
  • Acraea cydonia Ward, 1873
  • Acraea alciope f. cretacea Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea alciope f. fumida Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea alciope f. edea Strand, 1914
  • Acraea alciope f. lomana Strand, 1914
  • Acraea alciope alciope ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945
  • Acraea alciope alciope f. vulpinopsis Birket-Smith, 1960

Acraea alciope, the Alciope Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, south-western Uganda and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Fleurya and Musanga species.

References

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  1. ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini

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