Acraea polis

Acraea polis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. polis
Binomial name
Acraea polis
Pierre, 1999
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) polis

Acraea polis, the western musanga acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon.

Biology

The habitat consists of secondary forests with Musanga species.

The larvae feed on Musanga cecropioides, Boehmeria and Myrianthus species.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernau, 2014

References

  1. ↑ Pierre in Pierre, J., & Bernaud, D. 1999. Révision de la super-espece Acraea (pentapolis): A. (p.) polis n. sp., et premiers états de A. (pentapolis) and A. vesperalis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 104 (1): 5-14.
  2. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine