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Acraea asema

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea asema

Similar
  
Acraea rabbaiae, Acraea acrita, Acraea axina

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

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Tricliceras species.

References

Acraea asema Wikipedia