Acraea leucographa

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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.[3]

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

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. leucographa Ribbe (53 e) only differs from admatha in having cellules 1 b to 2 of the hindwing white between the discal dots and the marginal band. Sierra Leone to Abyssinia and British East Africa. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]


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