Acraea horta

Acraea horta
	male, Johannesburg, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. horta
Binomial name
	Acraea horta; (Linnaeus, 1764)
Synonyms
	Papilio horta Linnaeus, 1764; Acraea horta ab. conjuncta Blachier, 1912;

Acraea horta or the Garden Acraea is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

It has a typical wingspan of 45–50 mm for males and 49–53 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from October to April.^[1]

The larvae feed on Kiggelaria africana and Passiflora (including Passiflora coerulea, Passiflora manicata and Passiflora mollisima) and Tacsonia species.

Gallery

Acraea horta pupa and larva
Acrea horta Pupal attachment, by crochets on posterior prolegs, to silken mat spun onto a masonry wall
Eggs of Acraea horta on Kiggelaria africana
Acraea horta pupating on glass, which renders visible the spun silken mat that it grips
Acraea horta seen from beneath, pupating on glass, showing details of the crochets gripping silk mat