Acraea nohara

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Acraea nohara		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Acraea Rank Species

Similar Acraea axina, Acraea rabbaiae, Acraea oncaea, Acraea petraea, Acraea acrita

Acraea nohara, the light red acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal north through Zimbabwe to Kenya.

The wingspan is 40–48 mm for males and 43–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to November and from January to March in southern Africa.

The larvae feed on Basananthe sandersonii and Tricicleras longipedunculatum.

Subspecies

Acraea nohara nohara (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)

Acraea nohara halali Marshall, 1896 (Zimbabwe: Mashonaland, Manicaland)

References

Acraea nohara Wikipedia

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