Acraea alciope

Acraea alciope

Original illustratios (figures 4,5,6) in Hewitson's Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. alciope
Binomial name
*Acraea alciope* Hewitson, 1852^[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) alciope Planema macarina Butler, 1868 Acraea cydonia Ward, 1873 Acraea alciope f. cretacea Eltringham, 1912 Acraea alciope f. fumida Eltringham, 1912 Acraea alciope f. edea Strand, 1914 Acraea alciope f. lomana Strand, 1914 Acraea alciope alciope ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945 Acraea alciope alciope f. vulpinopsis Birket-Smith, 1960

Acraea alciope, the Alciope Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, south-western Uganda and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Fleurya and Musanga species.

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