Acraea anacreontica

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Acraea anacreontica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. anacreontica
Binomial name
Acraea anacreontica
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) anacreontica
  • Acraea anacreon anacreonita

Acraea anacreontica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3]

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Description

Very similar to Acraea anacreon qv.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Grose-Smith, H. 1898a. Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 350-358.
  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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