Acraea periphanes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the southern subtropics of Africa.
It is found in northern Zambia, Malawi, southern and western Tanzania, the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, Haut-Shaba) and Angola.[3]
A. periphanes Oberth. (55 b). With this species begin the forms in which discal dot 4 of the hindwing is placed nearer to the distal margin than discal dots 3 and 5; in having the veins of both wings black towards the distal margin it approximates to A. atolmis and differs from the following species; the discal dot in 5 of the hindwing is nearly always absent and the one in cellule 4 of the forewing is placed somewhat more distally than those in 3, 5 and 6, which stand in a straight line. In the type-form the forewing above has a black apical spot 6 to 7 mm. in breadth and the hindwing a marginal band 1.5 to 2 mm. in breadth, which is usually light-spotted above also; the upperside of the forewing is not, and that of the hindwing but little darkened at the base. The female has often a darkened or whitish ground-colour. Rhodesia, southern Congo and Nyassaland.
The habitat consists of marshy grassland.
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014[5]
Acraea periphanes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae which is native to the southern subtropics of Africa.
Acraea periphanes is een vlinder uit de familie van de Nymphalidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1893 door Charles Oberthür.
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