Acraea alalonga
| Long-winged Orange Acraea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. alalonga |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea alalonga (Henning & Henning, 1996) | |
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The Long-winged Orange Acraea (Acraea alalonga) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in montane grassland from the Drakensberg and midlands in KwaZulu-Natal, north into Mpumalanga and the Wolkberg in the Limpopo Province.
The wingspan is 54–74 mm for males and 58–74 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January (with a peak in December) and from March to May (with a peak in April). There are two generations per year.[1]
The larvae feed on Fabaceae species, including Aeschynomene species.
References
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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