Acraea barberi
| Acraea barberi | |
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| Acraea barberi and related species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Acraeini |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. barberi |
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| Acraea barberi Trimen, 1881[1] | |
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Barber’s Acraea (Acraea barberi) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in only in hilly wooded Savannah in Gauteng, the Limpopo Province and the North West Province.
The wingspan is 55–66 mm for males and 60–72 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to December with peaks in October and February.[2]
The larvae feed on Adenia glauca.
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