Acraea stenobea

Acraea stenobea, the suffused acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Transvaal and the Free State.

Acraea stenobea
Seitz Fauna Africana lygus 55c
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. stenobea
Binomial name
Acraea stenobea
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) stenobea
  • Acraea acronycta Westwood, 1881
  • Acraea albomaculata Weymer, 1892

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

The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females. A. stenobea Wallengr. ( = acronycta Westw.). male Both wings above broadly darkened with black-brown from the base to the middle or often to the apex of the cell; upperside of the forewing only with black marginal line or apical spot; the veins not darkened at the distal margin; that of the hindwing with unspotted, almost entire-margined black marginal band 2 mm. in breadth; ground-colour of the upper surface light brown- yellow, occasionally somewhat reddish. Under surface lighter yellow, at the base of the hindwing reddish; marginal band of the hind wing with large light marginal spots; discal dots of both wings rather large, those in cellules 3 to 5 of the hindwing often absent; the dots in cellules 4 to 6 of the forewing touch one another and are placed rather far beyond the apex of the cell. The female (55 c; = lygus Druce [ now species Acraea lygus ]) only differs from the male in the somewhat darker ground-colour of the upper surface, the broader marginal band of the hindwing, a more or less extended white shade in the middle of the hindwing and often also in the broader scaling at the base. South Africa to Angola and German East Africa.[4]

Biology

Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas, with peaks in September and from March to May.[5]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea caecilia species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.[6]

References
  1. Woodhall, S.E.; Westrip, J.R.S. (2020). "Acraea stenobea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161330995A161330999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161330995A161330999.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Wallengren, H. D. J. 1860 Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen (1-3) Wien ent. Monats. 4 (6): 161-176 (1860)
  3. "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
  6. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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