Aethiopana
| Aethiopana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Poritiinae |
| Genus: | Aethiopana Bethune-Baker, 1915 |
| Species: | A. honorius |
| Binomial name | |
| Aethiopana honorius (Fabricius, 1793) | |
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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. The habitat consists of forests.
Larvae were found on Crematogaster-infested tree bark. The larvae are brown, very hairy and moth like.