Acraea asema, the speckled orange acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the southern subtropics of Africa.
It is found in Angola, Zimbabwe, central and south-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and southern Tanzania.[1]
A. asema Hew. (55 a) is very similar to the preceding species,[''[[Acraea violarum| A. violarum]] ] but on an average somewhat smaller, 36-52 mm., with duller, more grey-yellow ground-colour and smaller black dots, the submarginal dots of the forewing in particular being smaller and rarely all present. Angola, Manicaland, Mashonaland and Nyassaland.
The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tricliceras species.
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group.