Species name	Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874 Orestia glassy acraea
Taxonomy	Acraea orestia Hewitson, 1874.  Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 11: 131 (130-132). Type locality: Equatorial Guinea: “Fernando Po”.
Subspecies	Acraea orestia orestia (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)Acraea orestia sambar Stoneham, 1943 (Tanzania: north-east to the Usambara Mountains)
Geographical Range	Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania. .
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Biology	Host plant: Laportea (Fleurya) ovalifolia (Urticaceae) [Pierre & Bernaud, 1995].
Nigeria♂
References	Acraea, Site of Markku Savela Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraein