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Acraea nohara

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Acraea nohara

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraea

Rank
  
Species

Acraea nohara

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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