Acraea asema

Acraea asema, the speckled orange acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Zimbabwe, central and south-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and southern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland.

Acraea asema
Acraea asema and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. asema
Binomial name
Acraea asema
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) asema
  • Acraea empusa Butler, 1894
  • Acraea asema f. despecta Le Doux, 1922
  • Acraea asema f. angustifasciata Le Doux, 1922
  • Acraea asema f. aspectasemoides Le Doux, 1922
  • Acraea asema f. dissimiloides Le Doux, 1922

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Tricliceras 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 2012-05-31.


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