Acraea nohara
Acraea nohara, the light red acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal north through Zimbabwe to Kenya.
Acraea nohara | |
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Illustration (figure 1) in Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. nohara |
Binomial name | |
Acraea nohara | |
Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 40–48 mm (1.6–1.9 in) for males and 43–50 mm (1.7–2.0 in) for females. Adults are on wing from October to November and from January to March in southern Africa.[2]
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 Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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