Acraea anacreon

Acraea anacreon
Acraea anacreon and related species
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. anacreon
Binomial name
Acraea anacreon
Trimen, 1868
Synonyms

Hyalites anacreon (Trimen, 1868)
Telchinia anacreon (Trimen, 1868)

Acraea anacreon, the (large) orange acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kwazulu-Natal and Transvaal and from Angola to Zimbabwe and to Kenya. Elsewhere in Africa and adjacent regions, "orange acraea" refers to the smaller A. eponina.

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