Aethiopana Explained

Aethiopana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The single species, Aethiopana honorius, the acraea blue, is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

Larvae were found on Crematogaster-infested tree bark. The larvae are brown, very hairy and moth like.

Subspecies

• Aethiopana honorius honorius (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, western Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Aethiopana honorius divisa (Butler, 1901) (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: west of the Niger River)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina . 2012-09-18 . 2018-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181123155047/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_epitolina.doc . dead .