Acraea rabbaiae

Acraea rabbaiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. rabbaiae
Binomial name
	Acraea rabbaiae; Ward, 1873
Synonyms
	Acraea (Acraea) rabbaiae; Acraea mombasae Grose-Smith, 1889;

The Clear Wing Acraea (Acraea rabbaiae) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, from Mozambique to Kenya and in Tanzania.

The wingspan is 45–52 mm for males and 55–65 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks from September to June and from March to June.^[2]

The larvae feed on Tryphostemma zanzibaricum and Schlechterina mitostemmatoides.

Subspecies

Acraea rabbaiae rabbaiae (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania, northern Mozambique)
Acraea rabbaiae perlucida Henning & Henning, 1996 (Malawi, southern Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Mpumalanga, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal)

References

^ Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

External links

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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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