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Glasswing or Small Greasy

Acraea andromacha

Description:

Forewings almost transparent with dark spots, hindwing creamy-white with black spots and edge. The edge black border contains white spots. Both sexes look similar. Females lay eggs on underside of wild passion bines. Caterpillars are brown, with branched black spines arising from black spots all over the body. Size - wingspan 55mm

Habitat:

Open woodland and grassland

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5 Comments

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Thanks Jeannette

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Beautiful :)

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Thanks Yuko

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Very beautiful!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 11 years ago

Added information

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Nov 28, 2012
Submitted on Nov 28, 2012

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