Acraea lygus
| Acraea lygus | |
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| Acraea lygus, Soutpansberg, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. lygus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea lygus Druce, 1875[1] | |
The Lygus Acraea (Acraea lygus) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-west Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Zambia. In South Africa it is found from the Savannah in the North Cape to the Limpopo Province and the north-west provinces. It is an occasional migrant to Mpumalanga.
The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but mainly from September to June.[2]
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