Acraea endoscota, the Le Doux's glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, northern Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mongala, Kivu, Kasai, Sankuru), Uganda, Rwanda, south-western Ethiopia, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. endoscota
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Biology edit
The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Rinorea breviracemosa.
Taxonomy edit
It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References edit
- ^ Le Doux, C. 1928. Acraeen-Studien III (Lep. Rhop.). 1. Der Nomenklatuur und der Formenkreis von Acraea eponina Cr. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1928: 97-115.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
External links edit
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- Acraea endoscota Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
- Acraea endoscota Image collection Dominique Bernaud
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