Acraea strattipocles

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Acraea strattipocles
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. strattipocles
Binomial name
Acraea strattipocles
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) strattipocles
  • Acraea strattipocles var. albescens Oberthür, 1916
  • Acraea strattipocles var. cervina Oberthür, 1916

Acraea strattipocles is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar.[3]

Description[]

A. strattipocles Oberth. (56 f) is very similar to Acraea igola, but has the discal dots of the hindwing much larger and completely developed and its inner margin whitish. Madagascar. [4]

Biology[]

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy[]

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References[]

  1. ^ Oberthür, C. 1893. Lepidopteres d’Afrique. Etudes d’Entomologie 17: 17-36.
  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. ^ 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.Public Domain 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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