Acraea rabbaiae
| Acraea rabbaiae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. rabbaiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea rabbaiae Ward, 1873[1] | |
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The Clear Wing Acraea (Acraea rabbaiae) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, from Mozambique to Kenya and in Tanzania.
The wingspan is 45–52 mm for males and 55–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks from September to June and from March to June.[2]
The larvae feed on Tryphostemma zanzibaricum and Schlechterina mitostemmatoides.
Subspecies
- Acraea rabbaiae rabbaiae (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania, northern Mozambique)
- Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996 (Malawi, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal)
References
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External links
- Images representing Acraea rabbaiae at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea rabbaiae perlucida at Bold.
- Acraea rabbaiae at Pteron
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