Acraea polis
Species of butterfly
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Acraea polis, the western musanga acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. polis |
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Biology
The habitat consists of secondary forests with Musanga species.
The larvae feed on Musanga cecropioides, Boehmeria and Myrianthus species.
Taxonomy
See Pierre & Bernau, 2014 [4]
