Acraea nohara

Acraea nohara
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]
Synonyms
  • Acraea actiaca Hewitson, 1852
  • Acraea halali Marshall, 1896

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

References

  1. Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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