Acraea kuekenthali

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Acraea kuekenthali
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. kuekenthali
Binomial name
Acraea kuekenthali
Le Doux, 1922 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) kuekenthali
  • Acraea salmoneaLe Doux, 1922 (Preocc.)

Acraea kuekenthali is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba). [3]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea circeis species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4] where it is treated as a subspecies of Acraea conradti .

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References

  1. Le Doux, C. 1922. Acraeen-Studien 1 (Lep. Rhop.). 1. Die Identitat der Acraea violae F. (Indien) und Ac. neobule D.u.H. (Afrika). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1922: 297-316.
  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