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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. aubyni |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea aubyni | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acraea aubyni, the Aubyn Rogers' acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and possibly north-eastern Tanzania. [3]
A. aubyni Eltr. (60a). Basal part of the forewing above reddish; the red colour covers the cell to its apex, cellules 1 a to 2 almost to the distal margin and the base of cellule 3; the apical part is blackish with three short whitish transparent spots in 4 to 6. Hindwing above light red nearly to the base with free black dots and a sharply defined black marginal band 2 mm. in breadth; beneath light ochre-yellowish, at the distal margin with short, fine streaks on the folds, which do not quite reach the margin. British East Africa. [4]
The habitat consists of coastal forests.
It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
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Acraea althoffi, the Althoff's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Acraea baxteri is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Acraea buschbecki is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Cameroon to the western, central and southern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Acraea goetzei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Malawi, eastern Zambia, southern and western Tanzania, south-western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe.
Acraea insularis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of São Tomé. The species was first named in 1893 by Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe.
Acraea jodutta, the jodutta acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Acraea johnstoni, or Johnston's acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.
Acraea pharsalus, the east African forest acraea or Pharsalus acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique.
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Acraea ventura is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya.
Acraea wigginsi, the Wiggins' acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya.
Acraea parrhasia, the yellow-veined acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
Acraea semivitrea, the glassy acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.
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