Acraea atolmis

Scarlet acraea
	Male, upper and underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. atolmis
Binomial name
	Acraea atolmis; Westwood, 1881[1]
Synonyms
	Acraea (Acraea) atolmis; Acraea acontias Westwood, 1881; Acraea (Telchinia) luxi Rogenhofer, 1890; Acraea acontias ab. decora Weymer, 1901; Acraea atolmis ab. nigra Neustetter, 1916; Acraea atolmis f. westwoodi van Son, 1963;

Acraea atolmis, the scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, western Zambia, the southern and western part of the DRC and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of deciduous woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.

References

"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

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[funet-1] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.