Acraea peneleos

Acraea peneleos
Acraea peneleos pelasgius figure 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. peneleos
Binomial name
Acraea peneleos Ward, 1871[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) peneleos Acraea peneleos f. helvimaculata Eltringham, 1912 Acraea peneleos f. lactimaculata Eltringham, 1912 Acraea peneleos f. sepia Eltringham, 1912 Acraea peneleos f. pseudopelasgius Strand, 1914 Acraea peneleos f. peneloides Strand, 1914 Acraea peneleos ab. castanea Schultze, 1923 Acraea peneleos peneleos ab. strigipygida Birket-Smith, 1960 Acraea pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900

Acraea peneleos, the Peneleos Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adult males mud puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers, especially those of Eupatorium species.

The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.

Subspecies

• Acraea peneleos peneleos (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, south-western Cameroon, Bioko)
• Acraea peneleos gelonica Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (southern Ethiopia)
• Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900 (Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Zambia)

References

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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 b
• Images representing Acraea peneleos at Bold.