Acraea manca

Acraea manca
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. manca
Binomial name
Acraea manca Thurau, 1904 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Acraea guillemei var. mancaThurau, 1904 Acraea (Acraea) manca

Acraea manca is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania. ^[3]

Description

Very similar to Acraea acrita qv.

Taxonomy

Acraea manca is a member of the Acraea acrita species group. The clade members are:

• Acraea manca
• Acraea acrita
• Acraea chaeribula
• Acraea eltringhamiana
• Acraea guluensis
• Acraea lualabae
• Acraea pudorina
• Acraea utengulensis

Classification of Acraea by Henning, Henning & Williams, Pierre. J. & Bernaud

• Acraea (group acrita) Henning, 1993 ^[4]
• Acraea (Rubraea) Henning & Williams, 2010 ^[5]
• Acraea (Acraea) (subgroup acrita) Pierre & Bernaud, 2013 ^[6]
• Acraea (Acraea) Groupe egina Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[7]

References

1. Thurau, F. 1904. Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-und Central-Afrika in Konigl. zoologischen Museum zu Berlin. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 301-314.
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 2012-05-31.
4. Henning, G.A., 1993 Phylogenetic notes on the African species of the subfamily Acraeinae. Part 2-3. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Metamorphosis 4 (1): 5-18, (2): 53-68
5. Henning, G.A. & Williams, M.C. 2010 Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical taxa of the tribe Acraeini Boisduval, 1833 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) Metamorphosis 21 (1) : 2-38
6. Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D., 2013 Nymphalidae XXIII. Acraea subgenus AcraeaButterflies of the World 39 : 1-8, pl. 1-28 Goecke & Evers
7. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Images representing Acraea manca at Bold.