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Acraea peneleos (Ward, 1871)
Subspecies
[
Acraea
] peneleos peneleos (Ward, 1871)
-
helvimaculata
(Eltringham, 1912)
-
lactimaculata
(Eltringham, 1912)
-
sepia
(Eltringham, 1912)
-
pseudopelasgius
(Strand, 1914)
-
peneloides
(Strand, 1914)
-
castanea
(Schultze, 1923)
-
strigipygida
(Birket-Smith, 1960)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
28
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
1148
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
261
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
ALF
:
Generally found in all types of forest
ALF
Distribution
Geographical 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:
Urticaceae
- Urera
Urticaceae
- Urera
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)
last modified 2 August 2011