Acraea burni - Pale-yellow acraea

Images: Click on each image to see a larger version

Acraea burni

Photo(s): Ian Riddell, Christon Bank, feeding on Obetia tenax

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
UrticaceaeLaportea peduncularis subsp. peduncularis (Larval foodplant)
UrticaceaeObetia tenax (Larval foodplant)
UrticaceaePouzolzia mixta (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 76.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 94.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Nymphalidae Genus Telchinia, p. 26, Online Encyclopaedia.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Acraea burni .
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403110, retrieved 21 November 2024

Site software last modified: 7 March 2024 3:19pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use