Acraea burni - Pale-yellow acraea

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Acraea burni

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

Species details:

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Distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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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, 2014-24

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

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