Acraea peneleos

Description

Acraea peneleos, the Peneleos acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of forests. Adult males mud-puddle and both sexes are attracted to flowers, especially those of Eupatorium species. The larvae feed on Urera cordifolia.