Acraea zetes

Acraea zetes
Acraea zetes figures 1, 1a
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. zetes
Binomial name
Acraea zetes
(Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio zetes Linnaeus, 1758
  • Acraea (Acraea) zetes
  • Papilio menippe Drury, 1782
  • Telchinia mycenaea Hübner, 1819
  • Acraea jalema Godart, 1819

Acraea zetes, the Large Spotted Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of open deciduous forests and woodland savanna.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Basananthe zanzibaricum, Adenia cisampelloides, Adenia lobata, Barteria acuminata, Phyllobotryum spathulatum, Smeathmannia, Passiflora, Deidama, Tacsonia and Hydnocarpus species

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