Acraea machequena
Species of butterfly
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Acraea machequena, the machequena acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, south-eastern Tanzania. It is also present in some areas of South Africa, the savannah in Limpopo and north of the Soutpansberg, as well as the lowland forest of northern KwaZulu-Natal.
| Machequena acraea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. machequena |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea machequena | |
Description
A. machequena Smith (53 d) only differs from ranavalona in having the forewing at least in the male scaled with red-yellow to the apex of the cell and the upperside of the hindwing in the with yellowish instead of red scaling. Delagoa Bay, Nyassaland and Rhodesia [4] The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females.
Biology
Adults are on wing in late summer and autumn in South Africa and year-round in the rest of the range.[5]
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [6]
- Acraea (group ranavalona) machequena'; Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 11
- Acraea (Acraea) (group neobule) machequena; Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 5, pl. 15, f. 6-7
- Acraea (Acraea) machequena; Henning & Williams, 2010, Metamorphosis 21 (1): 7;
