Acraea buettneri
Acraea buettneri, the Buettner's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia.
Description
A. buettneri Rog.. Wings above orange-yellow with large angular black dots, which are arranged as in petraea; distal margin and apex of the forewing narrowly black and the veins before the distal margin black-edged; wings beneath more reddish yellow and the hindwing often with red spots at the base; marginal band narrow, 1 to 1.5 mm. in breadth, above unspotted, beneath with large, transversely placed white marginal spots; the discal dot in 3 large and nearer to the distal margin than those in 2 and 4. Damaraland, Rhodesia and southern Congo.
Biology
The habitat consists of woodland.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.