Acraea rahira
| Acraea rahira | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. rahira |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea rahira Boisduval, 1833 | |
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The Marsh Acraea (Acraea rahira) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern Africa. In South Africa it is found from the West Cape along the coast to the East Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, then inland to Mpumalanga, Gauteng, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province.
The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 40–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas, with a peak from September to April. In cooler areas it is only found in the hot summer months.[1]
The larvae feed on Persicaria attenuata africana and Conyza canadensis.
Subspecies
- Acraea rahira rahira (S.Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique to Malawi, southern Tanzania, Zambia, southern Zaire (Shaba), Angola, western Kenya, Uganda)
- Acraea rahira mufindi Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania)
References
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
External links
- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 g
- Images representing Acraea rahira at Bold.
- Images representing Acraea rahira mufindi at Bold.
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