Acraea machequena

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Acraea machequena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. machequena
Binomial name
Acraea machequena

Acraea machequena, the machequena acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, south-eastern Tanzania. It is also present in some areas of South Africa, the savannah in Limpopo and north of the Soutpansberg, as well as the lowland forest of northern KwaZulu-Natal.

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Description

A. machequena Smith (53 d) only differs from ranavalona in having the forewing at least in the male scaled with red-yellow to the apex of the cell and the upperside of the hindwing in the with yellowish instead of red scaling. Delagoa Bay, Nyassaland and Rhodesia [4] The wingspan is 48–55 mm for males and 50–56 mm for females.

Biology

Adults are on wing in late summer and autumn in South Africa and year-round in the rest of the range. [5]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea terpsicore species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Woodhall, S.E.; Westrip, J.R.S. (2020). "Acraea machequena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T161316980A161316984. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161316980A161316984.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Grose-Smith, H. 1887 Descriptions of nine new species of African butterflies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 19: 62-66.
  3. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  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. ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.
  6. ↑ Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf


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