The male Garden Acraea has distinctive clear forewings and they have become used to cultivated vegetation for their caterpillars to feed off
The male Garden Acraea has distinctive clear forewings and they have become used to cultivated vegetation for their caterpillars to feed off, particularly granadillas. Otherwise they normlly inhabit woodlands and usually pupate on or close to the foodplant.
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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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