Acraea barberi

Acraea barberi
Acraea barberi and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Acraeini
Genus: Acraea
Species: A. barberi
Binomial name
Acraea barberi
Trimen, 1881[1]
Synonyms
  • Acraea zetes barberi

Barber’s Acraea (Acraea barberi) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in only in hilly wooded Savannah in Gauteng, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province.

The wingspan is 55–66 mm for males and 60–72 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to December with peaks in October and February.[2]

The larvae feed on Adenia glauca.

References

  1. Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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