Acraea acerata, the falls acraea or small yellow-banded acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It has an extensive range in sub-Saharan Africa.

The meaning of ACERATA is a class of arthropods comprising the Merostomata and Arachnida.

Scientific name: Acraea acerata Hew. A. acerata is a production constraint in some localities of Eastern Africa. Outbreaks are sporadic and seasonal and usually occur at the beginning of the dry season. …

The present study presents the results of farmers’ field surveys of the sweetpotato butterfly, Acraea acerata Hew., and the two African sweetpotato weevils, Cylas puncticollis Boheman and C. brunneus …

The population dynamics of the sweet potato butterfly, Acraea acerata, were studied for 3 years in sweet potato fields in southern Ethiopia in an area where farmers practice successive plantings throughout …

This constitutes the northernmost record of this species, as it was formerly known from Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, DRC, Sudan and Kenya, and south to Mozambique, northern Botswana …

Nov 4, 2016 · A. acerata is primarily a wet tropical species that has been found at altitudes of up to 2,261 masl in Uganda. It is a major pest of sweetpotato in Ethiopia and Rwanda but a minor pest in …