Acraea caldarena

Black tip acraea
Acraea caldarena figure 9
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Acraeini
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. caldarena
Binomial name
Acraea caldarena Hewitson, 1877[1]
Synonyms
Telchinia nero Butler, 1883 Acraea (Acraea) caldarena Acraea amphimalla Westwood, 1881 Acraea dircaea Westwood, 1881 Acraea caldarena recaldana Suffert, 1904 Acraea caldarena ab. mediofasciata Neustetter, 1916 Acraea leucopyga latiapicalis Joicey and Talbot, 1921 Acraea caldarena caldarena f. pallida Le Doux, 1923 Acraea caldarena necessaria Le Doux, 1923 Acraea caldarena necessaria f. obscuroides Le Doux, 1923 Acraea caldarena necessaria f. decepta Le Doux, 1923 Acraea caldarena necessaria f. kohambullensis Le Doux, 1923 Acraea caldarena intermedia f. marginipunctata Le Doux, 1931 Acraea oncaea var. neluska Oberthür, 1878 Acraea ombria Weymer, 1892

The black tip acraea or black-tipped acraea (Acraea caldarena) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in southern and southeastern Africa.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) for males and 45–55 mm (1.8–2.2 in) for females. Adults are on the wing year-round, with a peak from August to April in southern Africa.^[2]

The larvae feed on Passifloraceae species, including Tricliceras longipedunculatum and Adenia species.

Subspecies

• Acraea caldarena caldarena (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, southern DRC (Katanga), Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya)
• Acraea caldarena neluska Oberthür, 1878 (coasts of eastern Kenya and eastern Tanzania)

References

1. Acraea, Site of Markku Savela
2. Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 55 d caldarena caldarena and caldarena neluska (erore nelusca)
• Acraea caldarena Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
• Acraea caldarena Dominique Bernaud image collection
• Images representing Acraea caldarena at Bold
• Images representing Acraea caldarena neluska at Bold