Acraea lycoa
Acraea lycoa | |
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both Kibale Forest, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. lycoa |
Binomial name | |
Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea lycoa, the Lycoa Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Pouzolzia guineensis, Pouzolzia parasitica, Aneleima and Fleurya species
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acraea lycoa. |
Wikispecies has information related to: Acraea lycoa |
- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 c and also c as fallax
- Images representing Acraea lycoa at Bold.
- Acraea lycoa lycoa at Pteron
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