Acraea zonata

Acraea zonata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

It is found in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.

Wings brown-yellow with black veins and triangular black spots at the extremities of the veins; forewing with black costal margin, a large black spot in the celi, a discal and a submarginal curved transverse band, which are united at the hindmargin near the hinder angle; these transverse bands are continued on the hindwing by a single band which runs somewhat behind the middle.

A rare species, hitherto only met with in German and British East Africa.

[4] It is a member of the Acraea satis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]