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Acraea acerata (Hewitson, 1874)

- vinidia (Hewitson, 1874)
- tenella (Rogenhofer, 1891)
- abbotti (Holland, 1892)
- brahmsi (Suffert, 1904)
- diavina (Suffert, 1904)
- ruandae (Grünberg, 1911)
- pullula (Grünberg, 1911)
- burigensis (Strand, 1913)
- alluaudi (Le Cerf, 1927)
- hoursti (Le Cerf, 1927)

Adult morphologyWingspan20
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1160
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)248
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:

  • Asteraceae
    - Vernonia
  • Convolvulaceae
    - Ipomoea
    - Lepistemon
    - Merremia
  • Passifloraceae
    - Passiflora
  • Poaceae
    - Zea
  • Solanaceae
    - Solanum

  • Asteraceae
    - Vernonia
  • Convolvulaceae
    - Ipomoea
    - Lepistemon
    - Merremia
  • Passifloraceae
    - Passiflora
  • Poaceae
    - Zea
  • Solanaceae
    - Solanum

Acraea acerata
Photographer: Gerard Bergsma

Records


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