Acraea asema
Species of butterfly
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Acraea asema, the speckled orange acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the southern subtropics of Africa.
| Speckled orange acraea | |
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| A. asema in Seitz (1925) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. asema |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea asema | |
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Range
Description
A. asema Hew. (55 a) is very similar to the preceding species,[ A. violarum ] but on an average somewhat smaller, 36-52 mm., with duller, more grey-yellow ground-colour and smaller black dots, the submarginal dots of the forewing in particular being smaller and rarely all present. Angola, Manicaland, Mashonaland and Nyassaland.
- f. gracilis Wichgr. [now forma of Acraea violarum] only differs in having the marginal band of the hindwing narrow, 1 mm. in breadth. Mashonaland.[4]
Biology
The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tricliceras species.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group.
