Acraea admatha

Acraea admatha, the Hewitson's glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, northern Angola and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]

Acraea admatha
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. admatha
Binomial name
Acraea admatha
Hewitson, 1865 [1] London.[2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) admatha
  • Acraea admatha ab. mildbraedi Schultze, 1917

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. admatha Hew. (53 e). Forewing as far as vein 2 or 3 rose-coloured or brick-red, then smoky and transparent, discal dots 1 b to 5 and a dot in the cell usually more or less distinct, but never sharply prominent; hindwing above with red ground-colour and sharply prominent basal and discal dots and broad black marginal band with large red marginal spots; beneath marked as above but with light, reddish white ground-colour. In the female, the red parts of the male are dirty yellowish-grey or grey-brown. Sierra Leone to Natal and British East Africa.[4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forest edges, secondary forests and agricultural areas with a full canopy.

The larvae feed on Rinorea species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References
  1. Hewitson, W.C. 1851-1856. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies 1: v, [1-124].
  2. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  4. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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