Acraea caldarena

Acraea caldarena
	Acraea caldarena figure 9
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. caldarena
Binomial name
	Acraea caldarena; Hewitson, 1877
Synonyms
	Telchinia nero Butler, 1883; Acraea (Acraea) caldarena; Acraea amphimalla Westwood, 1881; Acraea dircaea Westwood, 1881; Acraea caldarena recaldana Suffert, 1904; Acraea caldarena ab. mediofasciata Neustetter, 1916; Acraea leucopyga latiapicalis Joicey and Talbot, 1921; Acraea caldarena caldarena f. pallida Le Doux, 1923; Acraea caldarena necessaria Le Doux, 1923; Acraea caldarena necessaria f. obscuroides Le Doux, 1923; Acraea caldarena necessaria f. decepta Le Doux, 1923; Acraea caldarena necessaria f. kohambullensis Le Doux, 1923; Acraea caldarena intermedia f. marginipunctata Le Doux, 1931; Acraea oncaea var. neluska Oberthür, 1878; Acraea ombria Weymer, 1892;

The Black Tip Acraea or Black-tipped Acraea (Acraea caldarena) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm for males and 45–55 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from August to April in southern Africa.^[2]

The larvae feed on Passifloraceae species, including Tricicleras longepedunculata and Adenia species.

Subspecies

Acraea caldarena caldarena (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, southern Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya)
Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878 (coast of eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania)

References

^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
^ 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 d caldarena caldarena and caldarena neluska (erore nelusca)
Acraea caldarena Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
Acraea caldarena Dominique Bernaud image collection
Images representing Acraea caldarena at Bold
Images representing Acraea caldarena neluska at Bold

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[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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