Acraea asema

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Acraea asema
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Acraea asema and related species
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. asema
Binomial name
Acraea asema
Hewitson, 1877 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) asema
  • Acraea empusaButler, 1894
  • Acraea asema f. despectaLe Doux, 1922
  • Acraea asema f. angustifasciataLe Doux, 1922
  • Acraea asema f. aspectasemoidesLe Doux, 1922
  • Acraea asema f. dissimiloidesLe Doux, 1922

Acraea asema, the speckled orange acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, Zimbabwe, central and south-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and southern Tanzania. [3]

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Description

A. asema Hew. (55 a) is very similar to the preceding species,[ A. violarum ] but on an average somewhat smaller, 36-52 mm., with duller, more grey-yellow ground-colour and smaller black dots, the submarginal dots of the forewing in particular being smaller and rarely all present. Angola, Manicaland, Mashonaland and Nyassaland. - f. gracilis Wichgr. [now forma of Acraea violarum ] only differs in having the marginal band of the bindwing narrow, 1 mm. in breadth. Mashonaland. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Tricliceras species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group.

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References

  1. ↑ Hewitson, W.C., 1877 Descriptions of four new species of Acraea from Lake Nyassa Ent. mon. Mag. 14 : 51-52
  2. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  4. ↑ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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