Acraea alticola

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Acraea alticola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. alticola
Binomial name
Acraea alticola
Schultze, 1923 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) alticola
  • Acraea mairessei ab. nyonganaStrand, 1914
  • Acraea ntebiae nyonganad’Abrera, 1980

Acraea alticola, the Schultze's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and Cameroon. [3] The habitat consists of sub-montane forests. See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 for taxonomy [4]


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References

  1. ↑ Schultze, A., & Aurivillius, C. 1923. Lepidoptera. III. Teil. In: Schubotz, A. Ergebnisse der Zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition, 1910-1911. Leipzig 1 (17): 1113-1242.
  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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