Acraea anacreontica

Acraea anacreontica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. anacreontica
Binomial name
	Acraea anacreontica; Grose-Smith, 1898
Synonyms
	Acraea (Actinote) anacreontica; Acraea anacreon anacreonita;

Last updated August 11, 2025

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

Description

Very similar to Acraea anacreon qv.

Subspecies

Acraea anacreontica anacreontica (western Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Acraea anacreontica chyuluvan Someren, 1939 (Kenya: south-east to the Chyulu Hills)

Taxonomy

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

References

↑ Grose-Smith, H. 1898a. Descriptions of new species of African butterflies in the Tring Museum. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 350-358.
↑ "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 2012-06-05.
↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

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

[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 2012-06-05.

[4] Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

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