Acraea orestia

Acraea orestia

Acraea orestia in Seitz Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. orestia
Binomial name
*Acraea orestia* Hewitson, 1874^[1]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) orestia Acraea orestina Plötz, 1880 Acraea orestia f. transita Eltringham, 1912 Acraea orestia f. carpenteri Eltringham, 1913 Acraea orestia ab. moliwensis Strand, 1914 Acraea acutipennis Schultze, 1923 Acraea orestia f. clara Stoneham, 1943 Acraea orestia f. pseudohumilis Stoneham, 1943

Acraea orestia, the Orestia Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of disturbed forests and successional growth.

The larvae feed on Laportea ovalifolia.

Subspecies

Acraea orestia orestia (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Acraea orestia sambar Stoneham, 1943 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)

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