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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Acraea |
| Species: | A. mirifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraea mirifica | |
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Acraea mirifica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Angola, northern Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba). [3]
A. mirifica Lathy. Although this species differs from all other African Acraeids in the colouring of the upper surface in the male, the markings of the underside show that it belongs to this subgroup and that Eltringham has undoubtedly done rightly in placing it in the same section as anacreon and wigginsi . male : both wings above deep black, the hind wing unicolorous without markings, the forewing immediately beyond the apex of the cell with a light yellow transverse band 4 to 5 mm. in breadth, which runs from the costal margin to the hinder angle and is angled at vein 4, and at the distal margin with small reddish dots. Forewing beneath in cellules 1 a to 2 and in the greater part of the cell deep black, in the apical part and at the costal margin golden yellow with narrow black, red-spotted marginal band. Hindwing beneath gold-yellow with black basal and discal dots and black marginal band, which encloses large gold-yellow marginal spots and red dots at the proximal end of the marginal spots; a red spot at the base of cellules 1 c and 8. The female differs from the male in having the forewing above dark grey with distinct black discal dots and a black marginal band, while the yellow transverse band of the forewing is absent and both wings beneath are dull goldy yellow without any black markings except the marginal bands and the basal and discal dots. Expanse 41 to 48 mm. Angola and Rhodesia. [4]
The habitat consists of marshy areas.
It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group - but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [5]
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Acraea natalica, the Natal acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from KwaZulu-Natal to Zimbabwe and in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, southern DRC (Katanga), Tanzania and eastern Kenya.
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Acraea serena, the dancing acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, including the area near the Waterberg Biosphere. But it is found also in the whole Africa south of the Sahara. It is the most common of the Acraea, from Dakar to Fort-Dauphin, from Yemen to the Cape.
Acraea chilo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Acraea insignis, the black-blotched acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Acraea zetes, the large spotted Acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.
Acraea egina, the elegant acraea, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Acraea mirabilis, the marvelous acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia and north-eastern Kenya.
Acraea rogersi, the Rogers' large acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya.
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Acraea peneleos, the Peneleos acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia.
Acraea pharsalus, the east African forest acraea or Pharsalus acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique.
Acraea sotikensis, the Sotik acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi and Zambia.
Acraea wigginsi, the Wiggins' acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya.
Acraea oreas, the black-and-white acraea, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
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