The Garden Acraea is distinguished by the near clear forewings with black veins. The males are more reddish in colour and they do prefer certain fruit

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The Garden Acraea is distinguished by the near clear forewings with black veins. The males are more reddish on colour and they do prefer certain fruiting trees for their caterpillars so are now more common in urban gardens than in the bush.

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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