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Acraea atolmis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Acraea atolmis

Similar
  
Acraea axina, Acraea acrita, Acraea admatha

Acraea atolmis, the scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in western Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, western Zambia, the southern and western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. The habitat consists of deciduous woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.

References

Acraea atolmis Wikipedia