Acraea zonata

Acraea zonata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.^[3]

Acraea zonata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. zonata
Binomial name
Acraea zonata Hewitson, 1877 [1][2]
Synonyms
Acraea (Acraea) zonata Acraea makupa Grose-Smith, 1889

Description

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A. zonata Hew. (53 a). Wings brown-yellow with black veins and triangular black spots at the extremities of the veins; forewing with black costal margin, a large black spot in the celi, a discal and a submarginal curved transverse band, which are united at the hindmargin near the hinder angle; these transverse bands are continued on the hindwing by a single band which runs somewhat behind the middle. A rare species, hitherto only met with in German and British East Africa.^[4]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea satis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]