# Acraea admatha

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***Acraea admatha***, the **Hewitson's glassy acraea**, is a [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) in the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). It is found in southern [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea), [Gabon](/source/Gabon), the [Republic of the Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo), northern [Angola](/source/Angola) and the western part of the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo).[3]

## Description

*A. admatha* Hew. (53 e). Forewing as far as vein 2 or 3 rose-coloured or brick-red, then smoky and transparent, discal dots 1 b to 5 and a dot in the cell usually more or less distinct, but never sharply prominent; hindwing above with red ground-colour and sharply prominent basal and discal dots and broad black marginal band with large red marginal spots; beneath marked as above but with light, reddish white ground-colour. In the female, the red parts of the male are dirty yellowish-grey or grey-brown. Sierra Leone to Natal and British East Africa.[4]

## Biology

The habitat consists of forest edges, secondary forests and agricultural areas with a full canopy.

The larvae feed on *[Rinorea](/source/Rinorea)* species.

## Taxonomy

It is a member of the *[Acraea terpsicore](/source/Acraea_terpsicore)* [species group](/source/Acraea_(butterfly)#Systematics_and_taxonomy) - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

## References

1. Hewitson, W.C. 1851-1856. *Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies* 1: v, [1-124].

1. ["*Acraea* Fabricius, 1807"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraea/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

1. ["Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120810134550/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc). Archived from [the original](http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/nymphalidae_acraeini.doc) on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

1. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. *Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde* Band 13: Abt. 2, *Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter*, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.

1. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre *Acraea* [pdf](http://www.acraea.com/image/liste/systematique.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141112081928/http://acraea.com/image/liste/systematique.pdf) 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

- [Images representing *Acraea admatha*](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=206186) at [Bold](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)
- [*Acraea admatha*](http://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraeini/acraeini.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200127191155/https://www.pteron-world.com/topics/classfication/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/acraeini/acraeini.html) 2020-01-27 at the Wayback Machine at Pteron

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