Acraea endoscota
| Acraea endoscota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. endoscota |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea endoscota Le Doux, 1928[1] | |
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Acraea endoscota, Le Doux’s Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mongala, Kivu, Kasai, Sankuru), Uganda, Rwanda, south-western Ethiopia, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Rinorea breviracemosa.
References
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
External links
- Acraea endoscota Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
- Acraea endoscota Image collection Dominique Bernaud