Acraea cerasa

Acraea cerasa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. cerasa
Binomial name
	Acraea cerasa; Hewitson, 1861[1]
Synonyms
	Hyalites cerasa (Hewitson, 1861); Acraea cerasa kigezia Howarth, 1959; Acraea unimaculata Grose-Smith, 1898;

Acraea cerasa, the tree top acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in most of south-eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 32–38 mm for males and 37–45 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from October to April. It is very scarce in dry months.[2]

The larvae feed on Rawsonia lucida and Drypetes gerrardii.

Subspecies

Acraea cerasa cerasa (KwaZulu-Natal to Kenya east of Rift Valley)
Acraea cerasa cerita Sharpe, 1906 Uganda and possibly north-western Tanzania and eastern Zaire)
Acraea cerasa kiellandi Carcasson, 1964 (the highlands west of Lake Tanganyika)
Acraea cerasa unimaculata Grose-Smith, 1898 (the highlands west of the Rift Valley in Kenya)

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References

Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

External links

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[1] Acraea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.