Acraea nohara
| 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 |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. nohara |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea nohara Boisduval, 1847[1] | |
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The Light Red Acraea (Acraea nohara) 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.[2]
The larvae feed on Basananthe sandersonii and Tricicleras longipedunculatum.
Subspecies
- Acraea nohara nohara (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province)
- Acraea nohara halali Marshall, 1896 (Zimbabwe: Mashonaland, Manicaland)
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