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Acraea epaea (Cramer, [1779])

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] epaea epaea (Cramer, [1779])
    - gea (Fabricius, 1781)
    - sublutosa (Strand, 1914)

Adult morphologyWingspan33
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1196
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)236
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
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:

  • Passifloraceae
    - Adenia

  • Passifloraceae
    - Adenia

Records


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