Acraea caldarena

Acraea caldarena, the black tip acraea or black-tipped acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern and southeastern Africa.

Black tip acraea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. caldarena
Binomial name
Acraea caldarena
Synonyms
  • Telchinia nero Butler, 1883
  • Acraea (Acraea) caldarena
  • Acraea amphimalla Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea dircaea Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea caldarena recaldana Suffert, 1904
  • Acraea caldarena ab. mediofasciata Neustetter, 1916
  • Acraea leucopyga latiapicalis Joicey and Talbot, 1921
  • Acraea caldarena caldarena f. pallida Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea caldarena necessaria Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea caldarena necessaria f. obscuroides Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea caldarena necessaria f. decepta Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea caldarena necessaria f. kohambullensis Le Doux, 1923
  • Acraea caldarena intermedia f. marginipunctata Le Doux, 1931
  • Acraea oncaea var. neluska Oberthür, 1878
  • Acraea ombria Weymer, 1892

The wingspan is 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) for males and 45–55 mm (1.8–2.2 in) for females. Adults are on the wing year round, with a peak from August to April in southern Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Passifloraceae species, including Tricliceras longipedunculatum and Adenia species.

Subspecies
  • Acraea caldarena caldarena (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, southern DRC (Katanga), Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya)
  • Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878 (coasts of eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania)
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References
  1. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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