Acraea eponina

Small orange acraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. eponina
Binomial name
	Acraea eponina; (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
	Acraea manjaca Boisduval, 1833; Hyalites eponina (Cramer, 1780); Papilio eponina Cramer, 1780; Telchinia perrupta Butler, 1883;

Acraea eponina, the orange acraea or small orange acraea to distinguish it from the larger A. anacreon, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in tropical Africa and south-western Arabia.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm for males and 36–44 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common in warmer months.^[1]

Natural enemies include the parasitoids and species and the predaceous bugs , and other Rhynocoris species.

The larvae of subspecies eponina feed on Hibiscus, Sida, Nicotiana, Hermannia, and Triumfetta species. Subspecies manjaca has been reported on Triumfetta rhomboidea, , , and Hermannia species.

Subspecies[]

Acraea eponina eponina (Tropical Africa, south-western Arabia)
Acraea eponina manjaca (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Mozambique). Now a synonym of Acraea serena

Taxonomy[]

Acraea eponina is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea. Formerly, A. eponina was often misidentified as Acraea serena or Acraea terpsicore.

References[]

^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

External links[]

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[1] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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