Acraea leucographa

Acraea leucographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. leucographa
Binomial name
Acraea leucographa
Ribbe, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) leucographa
  • Acraea admatha ab. gyldenstorpei Aurivillius, 1925
  • Acraea leucographa f. sinalba Pierre, 1979

Acraea leucographa, Ribbe’s Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

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