Acraea polis | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. polis
|
Binomial name | |
Acraea polis | |
Synonyms | |
|
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.[3]
The habitat consists of secondary forests with Musanga species.
The larvae feed on Musanga cecropioides, Boehmeria and Myrianthus species.
See Pierre & Bernau, 2014 [4]