Acraea comor

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Acraea comor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. comor
Binomial name
Acraea comor
Pierre, 1992 [1] [2]

Acraea comor is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Comoros. [3]

Taxonomy

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

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References

  1. Pierre, J. 1992 Les Acraeidae des Comores et de Madagascar (lepidopteres rhopaloceres). Entomologiste (Paris) 48 (6): 351-363.
  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 2012-05-30.
  4. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf