Small Orange Acraea

Acraea eponina (?)

Acraea eponina observed in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya, Dec. 2014. Photo © by Michael Plagens

Upper Kerio Valley, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya, Dec. 2014.

This Acraea was fluttering close to the ground as if searching for a host plant. Habitat is seasonally dry woodland and open pasture/range areas. The image below is of the underside of the wings.

Acraea eponina observed in Kerio Valley, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya, Dec. 2014. Photo © by Michael Plagens

Nymphalidae -- Brush-footed Butterfly Family

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