Acraea lycoa

Acraea lycoa, the lycoa acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Acraea lycoa
Both from Kibale Forest, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. lycoa
Binomial name
Acraea lycoa
Godart, 1819[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) lycoa
  • Planema fallax Rogenhofer, 1891
  • Acraea kilimandjara Oberthür, 1893
  • Acraea lycoa aequalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
  • Acraea lycoa bukoba Eltringham, 1911
  • Acraea lycoa entebbia Eltringham, 1911
  • Acraea lycoa kenia Eltringham, 1911
  • Acraea lycoa media Eltringham, 1911
  • Acraea lycoa tirika Eltringham, 1911
  • Acraea lycoa f. eltringhami Schouteden, 1919
  • Acraea johnstoni f. praelongata Joicey & Talbot, 1927
  • Acraea lycoa mediafra Stoneham, 1936
  • Acraea lycoa bukoba ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1945
  • Acraea lycoa stonehami d'Abrera, 1980
  • Acraea johnstoni praelongata Hancock & Heath, 1988
  • Acraea johnstoni praelongata f. albimaculosa Hancock & Heath, 1988
  • Acraea lycoa f. kindua Ackery, 1995

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Pouzolzia guineensis, Pouzolzia parasitica, Aneilema and Fleurya species

References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.


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