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Acraea bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] bonasia bonasia (Fabricius, 1775)
    - cynthius (Drury, 1782)
    - praeponina (Staudinger, 1896)
    - siabona (Suffert, 1904)
    - implicata (Schultze, 1923)
    - tristis (Schultze, 1923)
    - flavistrigata (Le Cerf, 1927)
    - obscura (Dufrane, 1945)

Adult morphologyWingspan21
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1165
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)252
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:

  • Malvaceae
    - Hibiscus
  • Tiliaceae
    - Clappertonia
    - Triumfetta

  • Malvaceae
    - Hibiscus
  • Tiliaceae
    - Clappertonia
    - Triumfetta

Records


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