Acraea orestia
| Acraea orestia | |
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| Acraea orestia in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. orestia |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874[1] | |
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Acraea orestia, the Orestia Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of disturbed forests and successional growth.
The larvae feed on Laportea ovalifolia.
Subspecies
- Acraea orestia orestia (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Acraea orestia sambar Stoneham, 1943 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea orestia |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 g
- Images representing Acraea orestia at Bold.
- Acraea orestia orestia at Pteron
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