Acraea igati is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros.
Description
Very similar to Acraea dammii but the hindwing in cellule 7 with a large black spot directly before the spot in 6, but without other spots in 7. Basal area of the wings in the ochre-yellow to brown-yellow, in the female whitish. 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. Biology The habitat consists of forests. Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
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Images representing Acraea igati at Bold