Acraea chambezi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zambia and Malawi.[3]
A. chambezi Neave is very similar to A. nohara (55 c), only differing in having the veins of the forewing above very finely black at the distal margin; the discal dot in 4 of the forewing is not placed in the same line as the dots in cellules 5 and 6 and the discal dot in 5 of the hindwing is absent; the discal dot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is placed near the base of the cellule; forewing usually with basal dot in cellule 1b. North-East Rhodesia.[4]
The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland (Miombo).
It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014.[5]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Acraea chambezi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Zambia and Malawi.
Acraea chambezi is een vlinder uit de familie van de Nymphalidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1910 door Sheffield Airey Neave.
De vlinder wordt gevonden in het oosten van Zambia en Malawi. De naam refereert trouwens naar de Chambezi, een rivier in noordoost-Zambia. De habitat bestaat uit brachystegia-bos.
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