Acraea eltringhami

Acraea eltringhami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. eltringhami
Binomial name
Acraea eltringhami Joicey & Talbot, 1921 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Acraea (Acraea) eltringhami Acraea kisabaCarcasson, 1981

Acraea eltringhami is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the eastern part of the country to Kivu). ^[3]

Taxonomy

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

Etymology

The name honours the English entomologist Harry Eltringham.

References

1. Joicey, J.J., & Talbot, G. 1921. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T.A. Barns in east central Africa. Bulletin of the Hill Museum, Witley 1: 40-166.
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 Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Acraea eltringhami Le Site des Acraea de Dominique Bernaud
• Images representing Acraea eltringhami at Bold
• Acraea eltringhami Archived 2020-01-27 at the Wayback Machine at Pteron