Acraea polis, the western musanga acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and western Cameroon.[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. polis
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Biology edit
The habitat consists of secondary forests with Musanga species.
The larvae feed on Musanga cecropioides, Boehmeria and Myrianthus species.
Taxonomy edit
See Pierre & Bernau, 2014 [4]
References edit
- ^ Pierre in Pierre, J., & Bernaud, D. 1999. Révision de la super-espece Acraea (pentapolis): A. (p.) polis n. sp., et premiers états de A. (pentapolis) and A. vesperalis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 104 (1): 5-14.
- ^ "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 2012-06-05.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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