Acraea humilis

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Acraea humilis
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Figures 1 and 2 (male), 3 (female)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. humilis
Binomial name
Acraea humilis
Sharpe, 1897 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) humilis

Acraea humilis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. [3]

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Description

Both wings are transparent without red or yellow scales and above almost alike; the hindwing beneath at the base with some small black dots, which are not visible above; the discal dots are wanting. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

See Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Sharpe, E.M. 1897. Descriptions of some new species of Acraeidae collected by Mr. F.J. Jackson at Ntebi [Entebbe], Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 19: 581-582.
  2. ↑ Acraea 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 2012-06-05.
  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.PD-icon.svg 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


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