Acraea cuva, the chic acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and Tanzania and in Malawi, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. Description Very similar to Acraea dammii qv. for diagnosis
Biology The habitat probably consists of forests.
Both sexes feed from the flowers of Lantana species. 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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Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 57 a Images representing Acraea cuva at Bold