Acraea atolmis

Scarlet acraea
	Male, upper and underwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. atolmis
Binomial name
	Acraea atolmis; Westwood, 1881
Synonyms
	Acraea (Acraea) atolmis; Acraea acontias Westwood, 1881; Acraea (Telchinia) luxi Rogenhofer, 1890; Acraea acontias ab. decora Weymer, 1901; Acraea atolmis ab. nigra Neustetter, 1916; Acraea atolmis f. westwoodi van Son, 1963;

Acraea atolmis, the scarlet acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, western Zambia, the southern and western part of the DRC and Angola.^[2] The habitat consists of deciduous woodland.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species.

References

^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.

External links

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[funet-1] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-31.

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