Acraea circeis

Acraea circeis, the white acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of the Congo, northern Angola and the south-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

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White acraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. circeis
Binomial name
Acraea circeis (Drury, 1782) [1][2]
Synonyms
Papilio circeis Drury, 1782 Acraea (Actinote) circeis Papilio mandane Fabricius, 1793 Papilio opis Herbst, 1793 Acraea leona Staudinger, 1896 Acraea igola leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903 Acraea servona f. reversa Eltringham, 1912

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. circeis Drury is very similar to the type-form of the preceding [ A. parrhasia servona ] Godart, 1819, merely differing in having the forewing black-scaled only at the margins and on the veins, otherwise almost transparent, while the light yellow median band of the hindwing is of uniform breadth with the distal boundary almost straight. Sierra Leone to North Angola. ^[4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Urera oblongifolia.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]