Acraea lycoa

Acraea lycoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. lycoa
Binomial name
Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) lycoa Planema fallax Rogenhofer, 1891 Acraea kilimandjara Oberthür, 1893 Acraea lycoa aequalis Rothschild & Jordan. 1905 Acraea lycoa bukoba Eltringham, 1911 Acraea lycoa entebbia Eltringham, 1911 Acraea lycoa kenia Eltringham, 1911 Acraea lycoa media Eltringham, 1911 Acraea lycoa tirika Eltringham, 1911 Acraea lycoa f. eltringhami Schouteden, 1919 Acraea johnstoni f. praelongata Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Acraea lycoa mediafra Stoneham, 1936 Acraea lycoa bukoba ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1945 Acraea lycoa stonehami d'Abrera, 1980 Acraea johnstoni praelongata Hancock & Heath, 1988 Acraea johnstoni praelongata f. albimaculosa Hancock & Heath, 1988 Acraea lycoa f. kindua Ackery, 1995

Acraea lycoa, the Lycoa Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Pouzolzia guineensis, Pouzolzia parasitica, Aneleima and Fleurya species

References

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

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 c and also c as fallax
• Images representing Acraea lycoa at Bold.
• Acraea lycoa lycoa at Pteron