Acraea orestia

Acraea orestia
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]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) orestia
  • Acraea orestina Plötz, 1880
  • Acraea orestia f. transita Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea orestia f. carpenteri Eltringham, 1913
  • Acraea orestia ab. moliwensis Strand, 1914
  • Acraea acutipennis Schultze, 1923
  • Acraea orestia f. clara Stoneham, 1943
  • Acraea orestia f. pseudohumilis Stoneham, 1943

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

References

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