''Acraea asema'', the speckled orange acraea, is a

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in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the southern subtropics of Africa.

Range

It is found in

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, central and south-eastern

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Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

and southern

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

Description

''A. asema'' Hew. (55 a) is very similar to the preceding species, A. violarum'' ">Acraea_violarum.html" ;"title="''Acraea violarum"> A. violarum'' but on an average somewhat smaller, 36-52 mm., with duller, more grey-yellow ground-colour and smaller black dots, the submarginal dots of the forewing in particular being smaller and rarely all present.

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, Manicaland, Mashonaland and Nyassaland. * f. ''gracilis'' Wichgr. [now forma of ''Acraea violarum''] only differs in having the marginal band of the hindwing narrow, 1 mm. in breadth. Mashonaland.Aurivillius, . O.C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'' Band 13: Abt. 2, ''Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter'', 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13). Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.

Biology

The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland. Adults are on wing year round. The larvae feed on ''

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'' species.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the ''

Acraea cepheus ''Acraea cepheus'', the Cepheus acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Nigeria and Angola to Uganda, western Tanzania and Zambia. Description ''A. cepheus'' L. (54 f) differs from all the African Acraeids ...

'' species group.

References

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Butterflies described in 1877 asema Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Heliconiinae-stub

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