# Acraea obeira

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***Acraea obeira*** is a [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) of the family [Nymphalidae](/source/Nymphalidae). It is found on [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar). Records from [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), [Eswatini](/source/Swaziland), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), eastern [Zambia](/source/Zambia) and southern [Malawi](/source/Malawi) refer to *[Acraea burni](/source/Acraea_burni)*.

## Description

*A. obeira* Hew. (53 d) differs from *[A.lia](/source/Acraea_lia)* in having the marginal band of the hindwing broader but not sharply defined, adorned wdth red or yellowish marginal spots and on the under surface not bounded proxi- mally by red spots; in the male the forewing is red-yellow at the base as far as vein 2 or 3, in the female almost entirely hyaline; the hindwing is red-yellow (male) or whitish yellow (female) from the base to the discal dots, then hyaline as far as the marginal hand or only scaled in cellules 1 c to 2, 6 and 7; discal dots 2 to 7 of the hindwing usually large and confluent. Madagascar. - *burni* Btlr. [ now species *[Acraea burni](/source/Acraea_burni)* ] only differs in the male having the forewing to the apex of the cell and the hindwing as far as the marginal hand scaled with light ochre-yellowish. Natal. [3]

## 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. Hewitson, W.C. 1863. A list of the diurnal Lepidoptera taken in Madagascar by Mr. Caldwell. *Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London* 1863: 64-65.

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. 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 obeira*](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=210403) at [Bold](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)
- [Images representing *Acraea obeira obeira* at Bold](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=273839)

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