Acraea rabbaiae

Acraea rabbaiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. rabbaiae
Binomial name
	Acraea rabbaiae; Ward, 1873[1]
Synonyms
	Acraea (Acraea) rabbaiae; Acraea mombasae Grose-Smith, 1889;

Acraea rabbaiae, the clear wing acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, from Mozambique to Kenya and in Tanzania.

The wingspan is 45–52 mm for males and 55–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks from September to June and from March to June.[2]

The larvae feed on Tryphostemma zanzibaricum and Schlechterina mitostemmatoides.

Subspecies

Acraea rabbaiae rabbaiae (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania, northern Mozambique)
Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996 (Malawi, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal)

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References

"Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

External links

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[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.