Acraea asema
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.[2] The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. asema |
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Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tricliceras species.
References
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- "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 a
- Acraea necoda Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
- Acraea necoda Image collection Dominique Bernaud
- Images representing Acraea asema at Bold
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