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Acraea axina

Acraea axina

Description:

small, narrow winged Acraea with distinctive plump yellow abdomen, wingspan about 40mm

Habitat:

disturbed ground by road verge, very shallow soil supporting a thin cover of low growing pioneer weeds.

Notes:

the Acraea was visiting flowers

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3 Comments

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 11 years ago

Lovely series!

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Beautiful.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Oh my! What a gorgeous butterfly!!

C.Sydes
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C.Sydes

Central District, Botswana

Spotted on Mar 6, 2013
Submitted on Mar 24, 2013

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