Acraea peneleos
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| Acraea peneleos pelasgius figure 2 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. peneleos |
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| Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871[1] | |
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Acraea peneleos, the Peneleos Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adult males mud puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers, especially those of Eupatorium species.
The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.
Subspecies
- Acraea peneleos peneleos (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, south-western Cameroon, Bioko)
- Acraea peneleos gelonica Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (southern Ethiopia)
- Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900 (Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Zambia)
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 b
- Images representing Acraea peneleos at Bold.
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