Acraea pharsalus

Acraea pharsalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. pharsalus
Binomial name
Acraea pharsalus
Ward, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) pharsalus
  • Acraea pharsalus f. duplicatus Stoneham, 1943
  • Acraea pharsaloides Holland, 1892
  • Acraea pharsalus saluspha Suffert, 1904
  • Acraea pharsalus var. pharsaloides ab. pallidepicta Strand, 1911
  • Acraea pharsalus var. pharsaloides ab. nia Strand, 1911
  • Acraea pharsalus f. ruperti O’Neil, 1919

Acraea pharsalus, the East African Forest Acraea or Pharsalus Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation in Guinea savanna.

Adults have been recorded from July to September.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Tectona grandis, Ficus exasperata, Ficus aspersifolia, Ficus sycomorus, Laportea peduncularis, Fleurya ovalifolia and Boehmeria species.

Subspecies

References

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