Acraea lia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros (Mayotte, Anjouan).
Description
A. lia Mab. (53 e) is very similar to the preceding species [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 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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External links
Images representing Acraea lia at Bold