''Acraea andromacha'', the glasswing or small greasy, is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

. It is found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

and surrounding islands. Image:Acraea andromacha larva.jpg, Larva Image:Acraea andromacha 2.jpg, Imago

Subspecies

*''Acraea andromacha andromacha'' (Timor Sea, Northern Australia to New South Wales) *''Acraea andromacha sanderi'' Rothschild, 1893 (Papua New Guinea) *''Acraea andromacha oenome'' Kirby, 1889 (Islands of South-Eastern coast of Papua)

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Australian Caterpillars

Images representing ''Acraea andromacha''
at Bold andromacha Butterflies described in 1775 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Butterflies of Australia {{Heliconiinae-stub