Butterflies and Moths of West Africa
Home|About this site|News|Search|How to contribute|References|Links
Butterflies
Systematic list Alphabetical list Thumbnail index
Moths
Systematic list Alphabetical list Thumbnail index
Species description
Ecosystems
Gazetteer
Glossary
westafricanlepidoptera.com » butterflies » alphabetical list » p » Acraea peneleos
« previous |  next »

Acraea peneleos (Ward, 1871)

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] peneleos peneleos (Ward, 1871)
    - helvimaculata (Eltringham, 1912)
    - lactimaculata (Eltringham, 1912)
    - sepia (Eltringham, 1912)
    - pseudopelasgius (Strand, 1914)
    - peneloides (Strand, 1914)
    - castanea (Schultze, 1923)
    - strigipygida (Birket-Smith, 1960)

Adult morphologyWingspan28
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1148
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)261
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
ALF:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
WWT:
Found in both the Liberia and Ghana subregions and extending to the coastal forests of East Africa
WWT

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Urticaceae
    - Urera

  • Urticaceae
    - Urera

Records


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