# Acraea lia

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***Acraea lia*** is a [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) in the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). It is found on [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) and the [Comoros](/source/Comoros) (Mayotte, Anjouan).[3]

## Description

*A. lia* Mab. (53 e) is very similar to the preceding species [*[Acraea admatha](/source/Acraea_admatha)* ] above, but smaller, with the marginal band of the hindwing narrow, only 1 mm. in breadth, without spots or only indistinctly spotted, and the discal dots placed nearer to the cell. Beneath the hindwing has white marginal spots and large red spots both at the proximal side of the marginal band and usually also between the discal and basal dots. Madagascar.

## Biology

The habitat consists of transformed grasslands.

## Taxonomy

It is a member of the *[Acraea pentapolis](/source/Acraea_pentapolis)* [species group](/source/Acraea_(butterfly)#Systematics_and_taxonomy) - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

## References

1. Mabille, P. 1879 Lepidoptera Madagascariensa; species novae. *Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris* (7) 3: 132-144.

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 2012-06-05.

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 lia*](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273837) at [Bold](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)

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