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Acraea quirina (Fabricius, 1781)

Subspecies

  • [Acraea] quirina quirina (Fabricius, 1781)
    - dice (Drury, 1782)
    - bourgeoni (Schouteden, 1919)

Adult morphologyWingspan21
Literature referencesSpecies number (Larsen 2005)1184
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)245
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:

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Drypetes
  • Violaceae
    - Rinorea

  • Euphorbiaceae
    - Drypetes
  • Violaceae
    - Rinorea

Records


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