| Acraea issoria | |
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| Imago | |
| Caterpillar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. issoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea issoria (Hübner, 1819) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pareba vesta |
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The Yellow Coster, Acraea issoria, is a small, leathery-winged butterfly. This species and the Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African sub-family Acraeinae.
According to Talbot (Fauna of British India) the race anomala is found in the western Himalayas while the nominate form is from the eastern Himalayas.