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Acraea abdera (Hewitson, 1852)

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] abdera abdera (Hewitson, 1852)

  • [Acraea] abdera eginopsis (Aurivillius, 1898)
    - nigrescens (Eltringham, 1912)

Adult morphologyWingspan25
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1174
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)229
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
MEF:
Centered on the moist semi-deciduous forest types
MEF
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:

  • Flacourtiaceae
    - Caloncoba

  • Flacourtiaceae
    - Caloncoba

Records


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