Acraea anacreontica
Acraea anacreontica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Acraea |
Species: | A. anacreontica
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Binomial name | |
Acraea anacreontica | |
Synonyms | |
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Acraea anacreontica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
Description[]
Very similar to Acraea anacreon qv.
Subspecies[]
- Acraea anacreontica anacreontica (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Acraea anacreontica chyulu van Someren, 1939 (Kenya: south-east to the Chyulu Hills)
Taxonomy[]
It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]
References[]
- ^ Grose-Smith, H. 1898a. Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 350-358.
- ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf
External links[]
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1898
- Acraea (butterfly)
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
- Heliconiinae stubs