Acraea siliana

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Acraea siliana
Acraea siliana CCCXXXIII Culot.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. siliana
Binomial name
Acraea siliana
Oberthür, 1916[clarification needed] [1][2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) siliana

Acraea siliana is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy[]

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4] Junior synonym of Acraea silia Mabille, 1887

References[]

  1. ^ Oberthür, C. 1916 Lepidopteres de Madagascar. Etudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee 11: 123-174.
  2. ^ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini". Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. ^ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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