Acraea admatha

Acraea admatha, the Hewitson's glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, northern Angola and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges, secondary forests and agricultural areas with a full canopy.

Acraea admatha
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. admatha
Binomial name
Acraea admatha
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) admatha
  • Acraea admatha ab. mildbraedi Schultze, 1917

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

References

  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.


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