Acraea masamba

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Acraea masamba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. masamba
Binomial name
Acraea masamba
Ward, 1872 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) masamba
  • Acraea ruepelliSaalmuller, 1878
  • Acraea boseaeSaalmuller, 1880
  • Acraea masamba r. vulgarisOberthür, 1916
  • Acraea masamba f. torquataLe Cerf, 1927

Acraea masamba is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. [3] The habitat consists of forests.

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Description

A. masamba Ward (56 g) closely approximates to the two preceding species [ Acraea igola , Acraea strattipocles ], but the red-yellow scaling of the forewing is less extended, leaving the apex of the cell free and covering at most the base of cellule 2; it is much paler in the female than in the male. The hindwing as in strattipocles with large discal dots; the distal black dot in the cell is placed more basally before the origin of vein 2; in the female the ground-colour of the hindwing is often whitish. Madagascar, f. silia Mab. (56 g) [now species Acraea silia ] only differs in having the reddish colour of the upper surface more yellowish and behind the discal spots of the hind wing more or less whitish; the sexes almost alike. Madagascar, f. boseae Saalm. (56 g) is smaller, with the ground-colour of the upper surface light yellow. Madagascar. [4]

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group. But see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. [5]

References

  1. Ward, C. 1872 Descriptions of new species of diurnal lepidoptera from Madagascar. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 9: 2-3.
  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 2012-06-05.
  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