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title: "Tawny Coster"
description: "Acraea terpsicore — Insetos e aranhas. Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tawny-coster
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tawny Coster

> Acraea terpsicore — Insetos e aranhas. Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats.

- Scientific name: *Acraea terpsicore*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 27259
- Wikidata: [Q2823467](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2823467)
- iNaturalist taxon: [180386](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/180386)

## Names

- en: Tawny Coster
- de: Acraea violae
- es: Acraea violae
- it: Acraea violae
- nl: Acraea violae

## Countries with the most observations

IN (9928), MV (7466), SG (3880), AU (1495), MY (1059), ID (1025), TH (682), LK (258), VN (148), KH (115), TL (60), BD (40)

## Summary

Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats. It belongs to the Nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly family. It has a weak fluttery flight. It is avoided by most insect predators. This species and the yellow coster (Acraea issoria) are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African tribe Acraeini. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives  to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, and recently Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acraea_terpsicore

## Photo

![Tawny Coster](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tawny-coster/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dr. Sahithya Selvaraj · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/274366490

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tawny-coster?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).