Acraea ntebiae
Acraea ntebiae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.
Description
A. mairessei Auriv. Wings above fully scaled, black with 6 semitransparent white spots on the forewing and a sulphur-yellow median band on the hindwing, formed as in melanoxantha Beneath the ground-colour of the hindwing and 8 or 9 elongate marginal spots on the forewing are bright sulphur-yellow; the veins of both wings very broadly edged with black at the distal margin; the streaks on the interneural folds are very short and thick, more like spots, and do not nearly reach the distal margin; cell of the hindwing only with one black dot. Congo and Uganda. - f. dewitzi Auriv. only differs in having the median band on the upperside of the hindwing red-yellow and the white spots in1 b and the cell of the fore wing smaller. Congo region: Kassai.
Subspecies
- Acraea ntebiae ntebiae
- Acraea ntebiae dewitzi Carcasson, 1981
- Acraea ntebiae kigoma Kielland, 1978
Biology
The habitat consists of forests.Adults feed from flowers on trees and shrubs.