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Acraea orestia

Synonyms: Acraea carpenteri; Acraea moliwensis; Acraea orestina

Wikipedia Abstract

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. The habitat consists of disturbed forests and successional growth. The larvae feed on Laportea ovalifolia.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0