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Glasswing Butterfly
Acraea andromacha
-17.3453, 123.664
Field Notes
Description:
All Acraea species have elongate forewings and rounded hindwings. The wings are thinly scaled to the extent that in many species they are semi-transparent. The scales tend to get rubbed off very easily so that insects more than 4 or 5 days old have a distinctly glassy or greasy appearance.
Habitat:
Savanna woodland and moist areas associated with larval food plant such as
native passion vine.
Notes:
Acraea andromacha is found in West Irian, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Australia where it occurs in Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Reference Links:
Butterflies of Australia - Acraea andromacha
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 16, 2014
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