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Acraea orestia (Hewitson, 1874)

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] orestia orestia (Hewitson, 1874)
    - orestina (Plötz, 1880)
    - transita (Eltringham, 1912)
    - carpenteri (Eltringham, 1913)
    - moliwensis (Strand, 1914)
    - acutipennis (Schultze, 1923)
    - clara (Stoneham, 1943)
    - pseudohumilis (Stoneham, 1943)

Adult morphologyWingspan20
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1167
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)260
HabitatHabitat preference [1]
MEF:
Centered on the moist semi-deciduous forest types
MEF
DistributionGeographical distribution [2]
GHQ:
Only found in the Ghana subregion and extending much of the equatorial forest zone
GHQ

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

  • Urticaceae
    - Fleurya

  • Urticaceae
    - Fleurya

Records


1. ^ Larsen (2010)
2. ^ Larsen (2010)