Acraea peneleos

Acraea peneleos, the Peneleos acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Acraea peneleos
Acraea peneleos pelasgius figure 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. peneleos
Binomial name
Acraea peneleos
Ward, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) peneleos
  • Acraea peneleos f. helvimaculata Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea peneleos f. lactimaculata Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea peneleos f. sepia Eltringham, 1912
  • Acraea peneleos f. pseudopelasgius Strand, 1914
  • Acraea peneleos f. peneloides Strand, 1914
  • Acraea peneleos ab. castanea Schultze, 1923
  • Acraea peneleos peneleos ab. strigipygida Birket-Smith, 1960
  • Acraea pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900

Adult males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers, especially those of Eupatorium species.

The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.

Subspecies
  • Acraea peneleos peneleos (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, south-western Cameroon, Bioko)
  • Acraea peneleos gelonica Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 (southern Ethiopia)
  • Acraea peneleos pelasgius Grose-Smith, 1900 (Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Zambia)

References
  1. Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.


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