Acraea parrhasia


Acraea parrhasia, the yellow-veined acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Urtica species and Dioscorea smilacifolia.

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