Acraea ansorgei

Acraea ansorgei
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. ansorgei
Binomial name
Acraea ansorgei Grose-Smith, 1898 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Acraea (Actinote) ansorgei Acraea conjunctaGrose-Smith, 1898 Planema nandensisSharpe, 1899 Acraea conjuncta f. silaceaEltringham, 1912 Acraea conjuncta f. mutataEltringham, 1912 Acraea conjuncta f. picaEltringham, 1912 Acraea conjuncta f. lutealbaEltringham, 1912 Acraea conjuncta f. suffusaEltringham, 1912 Acraea conjuncta f. interruptaEltringham, 1912 Acrea ansorgei f. aurivillianaBryk, 1925 Acrea ansorgei f. loveniBryk, 1925 Acrea ansorgei f. jefferyiBryk, 1925 Acraea ansorgei f. aurataBryk, 1931 Acraea ansorgei f. vansomereniBryk, 1931 Acraea ansorgei bantuBryk, 1931 Acraea ansorgei f. paulinaeBryk, 1931 Acraea ansorgei f. brykiLe Doux, 1931 Acraea ansorgei f. rufonigervan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. luteflavavan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. tricolorvan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. flavipunctavan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. adauranticavan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. chrysippoidesvan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. flaveolavan Someren, 1936 Acraea ansorgei f. wickhamiGabriel, 1939 Acraea ansorgei f. uniformisGabriel, 1939 Acraea ansorgei f. elgonensisHowarth, 1969 Acraea ansorgei f. jacksoniHowarth, 1969 Acraea ansorgei f. gabrieliHowarth, 1969

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

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

A. conjuncta Sm. (ansorgei) has an expanse of only 46 mm. and the sexes are similarly marked and coloured. Wings above with blackish, beneath with dark grey ground-colour; the dark ochre-yellow hindmarginal spot is about 4 mm. in breadth, reaches vein 3 without completely covering the base of cellule 2, occasionally also forms a small spot at the base of cellule 3 and joins the spot in the cell, which, however, forms almost a right angle with the hindmarginal spot; the small subapical spots are also dark yellow; the hindwing is dark yellow, at the base and the inner and distal margins blackish; the marginal band about 3 mm. in breadth. The under surface is lighter, but otherwise little different. British East Africa. f. interrupta Eltr. has the median transverse band of the forewing broken up into separate spots.- female-ab. silacea Eltr. The light markings of the upper surface are light yellow. - female-ab. mutata Eltr. only differs from silacea in having the subapical spots of the forewing white.- female-ab. pica Eltr. has all the light markings white.- female-ab. lutealba Eltr. has the light spots of the forewing orange-yellow and the median band of the hindwing white.-female-ab. suffusa Eltr. is characterized by having the fore wing blackish only at the base and apex, otherwise suffused with orange-yellow; on the hindwing the marginal band is irrorated with yellow scales.-ansorgei. A. ansorgei Sm. [species in Seitz] The forewing marked almost exactly as in conjuncta; the hindwing above unicolorous orange-yellow, beneath clearer yellow with a nebulous grey median band; the light markings are sometimes cream-yellow and the subapical dots of the fore wing white. Hitherto only females known. British East Africa. ^[4]

Taxonomy

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

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 2012-06-04.
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. 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 Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Images representing Acraea ansorgei at Bold