Acraea intermediodes

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Acraea intermediodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. intermediodes
Binomial name
Acraea intermediodes
Ackery, 1995 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Acraea) intermediodes
  • Acraea intermediaWichgraf, 1909

Acraea intermediodes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Haut-Lomani, Kabinda, Lualaba) and north-eastern Zambia. [3]

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Description

A. intermedia Wichgr. entirely agrees with the type-form of caldarena except that discal dots 4 and 5 of the forewing are placed nearer to the apex of the cell than to the black apical spot and that the female has a broad white subapical band on the forewing. Rhodesia and southern Congo. [4]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea caecilia species group.See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]

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References

  1. Ackery in Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I., 1995 Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London. 803 pp.
  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 2012-06-01.
  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.svgThis 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