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

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