Acraea dammii


Acraea dammii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.

Description

A. dammii Vollenh.. Forewing to the apex of the cell and hindwing not or scarcely beyond the black spots scaled with red or white ; the hyaline marginal band of the hindwing is consequently broad, reaching the black spot in 3; the large black spot in 7 is placed much nearer to the base than the one in 6. Madagascar. - cuva Smith differs in having the red or dirty yellow scaling on both wings extended much further distad; hence the hyaline marginal band of the hindwing is only about 2 mm. in breadth; hindwing usually with 6 to 8 discal dots, occasionally only with 5, ab. nidama Suff. German and British East Africa.

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014