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Acraea serena, the dancing acraea, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, including the area near the Waterberg Biosphere. But it is found also in the whole Africa south of the Sahara. It is the most common of the Acraea, from Dakar to Fort-Dauphin, from Yemen to the Cape.

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1. (c) Zarek Cockar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Zarek Cockar
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telchinia_serena

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