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. Biology The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Rinorea breviracemosa. Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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Acraea endoscota Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud Acraea endoscota Image collection Dominique Bernaud