Acraea chambezi explained

Acraea chambezi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zambia and Malawi.^[1]

Description

A. chambezi Neave is very similar to A. nohara (55 c), only differing in having the veins of the forewing above very finely black at the distal margin; the discal dot in 4 of the forewing is not placed in the same line as the dots in cellules 5 and 6 and the discal dot in 5 of the hindwing is absent; the discal dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is placed near the base of the cellule; forewing usually with basal dot in cellule 1b. North-East Rhodesia.^[2]

Biology

The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland (Miombo).

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini . 2012-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc . 2012-08-10 . dead .
2. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
3. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf