costal nor the inner margin. German East Africa. f. ? reversa Eltr. has the tarsal claws of the male of unequal size, whilst in all the other forms they are equal in size; otherwise said to agree with the type-form. Congo. Biology The habitat consists of forests. The larvae feed on Urtica species (including U. rigida) and Dioscorea smilacifolia. Subspecies A. p. parrhasia — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon A. p. kenya van Someren & Rogers, 1926 — Kenya: north-eastern slopes of Mount Kenya and the Njombeni Hills A. p. limonata Eltringham, 1912 — Bioko A. p. orientis Aurivillius, 1904 — eastern and north-eastern Tanzania, Kenya: south-east to the Teita Hills A. p. servona Godart, 1819 — Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, southern Ethiopia, western Kenya, north-western Zambia Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 References External links Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 a also as opidia and (b) servona and (c) ssp. orientis Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 59 e parrhasia Images representing Acraea parrhasia at Bold. Images representing Acraea servona at Bold. Images representing Acraea servona rubra at Bold. A. p. servona at Pteron Butterflies described in 1793 parrhasia