''Acraea omrora'', the omrora acraea, is a

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in the family

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. It is found in

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Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

and the

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Description

''A. omrora'' Trim, may be easily known by the marginal band on the upperside of the hindwing, which is black, unspotted and not sharply defined. Both wings above blackish at the base; the black dots arranged quite as in the last two species violarum'', ''Acraea asema">asema'' ">Acraea_violarum">violarum<_a>'',_''[.html" ;"title="Acraea_violarum.html" ;"title="''Acraea violarum">violarum'', ''Acraea asema">asema'' but the submarginal dot in 5 of the forewing appears to be always absent. In the type-form the ground-colour is dark ochre-yellowish, the forewing has no black apical spot (only a fine marginal line) and the marginal band of the hindwing above is 2.5 mm. in breadth. Angola and Damaraland. - ''umbrata'' Wichgr. has the ground-colour brick-red to grey-red, an apical spot on the forewing 3 mm. in breadth and the marginal band of the hindwing 3 to 5 mm. in breadth. Rhodesia and Katanga.

Subspecies

*''Acraea omrora omrora'' (southern Angola) *''Acraea omrora umbraetae'' Pierre, 1988 (northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Lualaba and Haut-Lomani)

Biology

Adults are on wing from August to December. The larvae feed on ''Basananthe reticulata''.

Taxonomy

Species group undetermined - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre ''Acraea'
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References

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Images representing ''Acraea omrora umbrata''
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