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Acraea vesperalis (Grose-Smith, 1890)

- catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
- punctula (Strand, 1914)
- picta (Schouteden, 1919)

Adult morphologyWingspan35
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1169
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)265
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
WEF:
Centered on the evergreen forest types (including upland evergreen in Ghana and Nimba)
WEF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWQ:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to most of the equatorial forest zone
WWQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Urticaceae
    - Musanga
    - Myrianthus

  • Urticaceae
    - Musanga
    - Myrianthus

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011