Acraea leucographa

Acraea leucographa, the Ribbe's glassy acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Acraea leucographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. leucographa
Binomial name
Acraea leucographa
Ribbe, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) leucographa
  • Acraea admatha ab. gyldenstorpei Aurivillius, 1925
  • Acraea leucographa f. sinalba Pierre, 1979

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.


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