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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. lofua |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea lofua | |
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Acraea lofua is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Zambia. [3]
A. lofua Eltr. (60 e). male. Wings above reddish ochre-yellow, at the base narrowly scaled with black and with the usual black dots; fore wing with black marginal band, which is gradually widened at the apex into a spot 3 mm. in breadth, beneath lighter but otherwise almost as above; hind wing above with very broad unspotted, deep black marginal band, which is broader in the middle, beneath with light yellow ground-colour and white marginal spots. The female differs in having the forewing light ochre-yellowish without black discal dots and the hindwing light reddish grey-yellow; the basal and discal dots are very small and the marginal band somewhat narrower than in the male and with grey marginal spots above also. Rhodesia, on the Lofu River. [4]
The habitat consists of deciduous woodland.
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. [5]
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