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Acraea endoscota

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Acraea endoscota
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A. endoscota
Binomial name
Acraea endoscota
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) endoscota
  • Acraea endoscota f. albanis Pierre, 1979

Acraea endoscota, Le Doux’s Glassy Acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mongala, Kivu, Kasai, Sankuru), Uganda, Rwanda, south-western Ethiopia, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Rinorea breviracemosa.

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