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Acraea horta
It has a typical wingspan of 45-50 mm for males and 49-53 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, but are more common from October to April. This butterfly was sitting drying, i think, its wings in the sun.
Spotted on Aug 30, 2012
Submitted on Aug 30, 2012
5 Comments
wow, you have also been busy! Awesome shots!
thank you Melissa, yes, spring has sprung in South Africa, and they are all over!
What a beautiful butterfly-great series of photographs!
:-))!
Very pretty.