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Acraea cuva cuva - Chic acraea
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique (left & centre) and Alan Gardiner (right).
Species details:
| Note: | A low-flying species. The photos show the female laying eggs on young leaves of Rinorea elliptica. Photo right shows the 1st instar larvae. |
| Distribution: | A rare species of densely wooded areas in Mozambique and Eastern Zimbabwe. |
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