Acraea camaena

Description

Acraea camaena, the large smoky acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of the Congo and Angola (the Cabinda enclave). The habitat consists of dry forests, including open coastal forests. Both sexes are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on Premna hispida and Smeathmannia pubescens.