Acraea polis

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Acraea polis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. polis
Binomial name
Acraea polis
Pierre, 1999 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) polis

Acraea polis, the western musanga acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon. [3]

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Biology

The habitat consists of secondary forests with Musanga species.

The larvae feed on Musanga cecropioides , Boehmeria and Myrianthus species.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernau, 2014 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Pierre in Pierre, J., & Bernaud, D. 1999. Révision de la super-espece Acraea (pentapolis): A. (p.) polis n. sp., et premiers états de A. (pentapolis) and A. vesperalis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 104 (1): 5-14.
  2. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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