Acraea masamba
Acraea masamba is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. The habitat consists of forests.
Description
A. masamba Ward closely approximates to the two preceding species, but the red-yellow scaling of the forewing is less extended, leaving the apex of the cell free and covering at most the base of cellule 2; it is much paler in the female than in the male. The hindwing as in strattipocles with large discal dots; the distal black dot in the cell is placed more basally before the origin of vein 2; in the female the ground-colour of the hindwing is often whitish. Madagascar, f. silia Mab. only differs in having the reddish colour of the upper surface more yellowish and behind the discal spots of the hind wing more or less whitish; the sexes almost alike. Madagascar, f. boseae Saalm. is smaller, with the ground-colour of the upper surface light yellow. Madagascar.
Taxonomy
It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group. But see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.