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
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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