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Comprehensive Description

provided by Memoirs of the American Entomological Society
Acraea terpsichore (Linne)
Papilio terpsichore Linne, 1758: 466 ("Asia").
Throughout Africa and on Madagascar this is one of the commonest and most variable species in the genus. The very extensive material in Carnegie Museum gives no indication that geographic subspecies occur.
Liberia: Harbel, 4 5 , I, 6 5 , II, 1 5 , III, 4 5,2 9 , IV, 1 5 , V, 6 3 , VI, 1 5 , VII, 1 ? , VIII, 3 $ , 3 5 , XI, 4 $ , XII; Gbanga, 1 5 , VII; Kpain, 1 5 , 1 9 , V, 1 5 , X; Ganta, 2 a , II, 1 9 , V, 6 $ , 1. 2 , VI, 2 9 , VII, 1 9 , VIII, 2 5 , IX (Fox), 6 5,4 9 , X (Leland), 3 5 ,3 9 , XI, 4 5 , XII; Wanau Forest, 1 5 , 1 9 , III, 1 3 , X; Zorzor, 1 5 , 1 9 , XI, 1 5 , XII; trail near Fisabu, 2 5 , XII (Fox) ; Cape Palmas, 5 5,1 2 , XI (Good); no data, 35,19 (Naysmith); eastern Liberia, 51 specimens II to V (Condamin, 1951); Buttikofer (1890) and Sharpe (1906), including variants "serena" and "eponina" .
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bibliographic citation
Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA