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Acraea orestia (Hewitson, 1874)
Subspecies
[
Acraea
] orestia orestia (Hewitson, 1874)
-
orestina
(Plötz, 1880)
-
transita
(Eltringham, 1912)
-
carpenteri
(Eltringham, 1913)
-
moliwensis
(Strand, 1914)
-
acutipennis
(Schultze, 1923)
-
clara
(Stoneham, 1943)
-
pseudohumilis
(Stoneham, 1943)
Adult morphology
Wingspan
20
Literature references
Species number (Larsen 2005)
1167
Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)
260
Habitat
Habitat preference
[1]
MEF
:
Centered on the moist semi-deciduous forest types
MEF
Distribution
Geographical distribution
[2]
GHQ
:
Only found in the Ghana subregion and extending much of the equatorial forest zone
GHQ
Biology
Flight period:
Ecology
Host plants:
Urticaceae
- Fleurya
Urticaceae
- Fleurya
Records
1.
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Larsen (2010)
2.
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Larsen (2010)