Acraea hova is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. Description A. hova Bdv. (53 c) is a large and beautiful species, characterized by the hindwing having a complete row of submarginal dots and very small or even indistinct marginal spots at the extremities of the veins, while the basal dots are placed close to the base and are widely separated from the discal dots; the forewing has usually large and distinct discal dots in (la) lb to 6, a basal dot in 1 b, a dot in the cell and a transverse spot at the end of the cell. Forewing above at least to the discal dots brick-red, then hyaline, occasionally in the female almost entirely hyaline; hindwing above red, at the inner margin yellowish or sometimes in the female yellowish white. Madagascar. Biology The habitat consists of forests. Taxonomy It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 Acraea (group admatha) hova Henning, 1993, Metamorphosis 4 (1): 11 Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup admantha) hova Pierre & Bernaud, 2013, Butterflies of the World 39: 4, pl. 15, f. 11-12 References External links Images representing Acraea hova at Bold Butterflies described in 1833 hova Endemic fauna of Madagascar Butterflies of Africa