Acraea asema
Acraea asema, the speckled orange acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the southern subtropics of Africa.
Range
It is found in Angola, Zimbabwe, central and south-eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and southern Tanzania.Description
A. asema Hew. is very similar to the preceding species, 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.- f. gracilis Wichgr. only differs in having the marginal band of the hindwing narrow, 1 mm. in breadth. Mashonaland.
Biology
The habitat consists of dry deciduous woodland.Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Tricliceras species.