Acraea endoscota

(Acraea endoscota)

Description

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. The habitat consists of forests. Adults are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on Rinorea breviracemosa.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Acraea
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