Acraea camaena
| Acraea camaena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. camaena |
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| Acraea camaena (Drury, 1773)[1] | |
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Acraea camaena, the Large Smoky Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of Congo and Angola (the Cabinda enclave).[2] The habitat consists of dry forests, including open coastal forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Premna hispida and Smeathmannia pubescens.
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- ↑ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini
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