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Acraea alalonga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Telchinia alalonga

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Acraea induna, Acraea barberi, Acraea anacreon

Acraea alalonga, the long-winged orange acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in montane grassland from the Drakensberg and midlands in KwaZulu-Natal, north into Mpumalanga and the Wolkberg in Limpopo.

The wingspan is 54–74 mm for males and 58–74 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January (with a peak in December) and from March to May (with a peak in April). There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including Aeschynomene species.

References

Acraea alalonga Wikipedia