Acraea cepheus

Acraea cepheus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. cepheus
Binomial name
*Acraea cepheus* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio cepheus Linnaeus, 1758 Acraea zosteria Godart,[1819] Acraea baumanni Rogenhofer, 1890 Acraea cepheus pheusaca Suffert, 1904 Acraea cepheus sucepha Suffert, 1904 Acraea cepheus f. cepheana Strand, 1914 Acraea cepheus cepheus ab. disjuncta Dufrane, 1945 Acraea cepheus cepheus ab. addenda Dufrane, 1945 Acraea cepheus cepheus ab. deficiens Dufrane, 1945

Acraea cepheus, the Cepheus Acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Africa, from Nigeria and Angola to Uganda, western Tanzania and Zambia.^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Caloncoba welwitschii and Lindaeckeria dentata.

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