Speckled Red Acraea

Acraea violarum

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Acraea violarum, the speckled red acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae which is native to southern Africa. Range It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique. It is a variable species with a number of described morphs including form violarum, form assimilis and form gracilis.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Speckled Red Acraea

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