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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:

Notes:
Distribution: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North-West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
Related plant species:
UrticaceaeObetia tenax (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. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Acraea burni .
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403110, retrieved 29 March 2025

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