wing in the olive-brown, in the female very dark, spots small; basal area of the hind wing yellowish. British East Africa. fallax Rogenh. (57 c). Ground-colour in both sexes nearly black; spots of the forewing small, in the male yellowish, in the female white, spot 1b widely separated from spot 2; basal area of the hindwing sharply defined, yellowish. German East Africa: Kilimandjaro. kenia Eltr. Smaller than the other races; ground-colour nearly black; spots of the forewing in the male lemon-yellow, in the female white; basal area of the hindwing in both sexes lemon-yellow. British East Africa: Kenia; Kikuyu. aequalis Rothsch. and Jord. Sexes similar; spots of the forewing and basal area of the hindwing dull yellowish; marginal band of the hindwing yellowish dark brown. Abyssinia. Biology The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Pouzolzia guineensis, Pouzolzia parasitica, Aneilema and Fleurya species. Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea jodutta species group – but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 References External links Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 c and also c as fallax Images representing Acraea lycoa at Bold. Acraea lycoa lycoa at Pteron Butterflies described in 1819 lycoa Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Godart