Acraea equatorialis

Acraea equatorialis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. equatorialis
Binomial name
	Acraea equatorialis; Neave, 1904
Synonyms
	Acraea (Acraea) equatorialis;

Acraea equatorialis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.^[3]

Description[]

A. aequatorialis [sic] Neave (60 g) has the forewing thinly scaled and only bordered by a fine black line at the apex and distal margin; marginal band of the hindwing above in the male very narrowly light-spotted or incomplete, in the female more sharply defined and more indistinctly spotted; the base of the hind wing above narrowly tinged with blackish; the black dots are arranged as in the other species; wings above light (reddish) yellow; the forewing at the distal margin with finely black veins and fine streaks on the folds, occasionally with submarginal dot in 2 or in lb. British East Africa: Kisumu. - anaemia Eltr. only differs in the lighter and more thinly scaled wings. Kilimandjaro and British East Africa. ^[4]

Subspecies[]

Acraea equatorialis equatorialis (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Acraea equatorialis anaemia Eltringham, 1912 (eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)

Biology[]

The larvae feed on Passiflora species and Malva verticillata.

Taxonomy[]

It is a member of the Acraea caecilia species group.See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[5]

References[]

^ Neave, S.A., 1904 On a large collection of Rhopalocera from the shores of the Victoria Nyanza Novitates Zoologicae 11 : 323-363
^ "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 2012-06-01.
^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

External links[]

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[1] Neave, S.A., 1904 On a large collection of Rhopalocera from the shores of the Victoria Nyanza Novitates Zoologicae 11 : 323-363

[funet-2] "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-3] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

[4] Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[5] Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf

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