Acraea parei

Acraea parei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. parei
Binomial name
Acraea parei (Henning & Henning, 1996) [1] [2]
Synonyms
Hyalites pareiHenning & Henning, 1996 Acraea (Actinote) parei Hyalites parei orangicaHenning & Henning, 1996

Acraea parei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. ^[3] The habitat consists of montane grassland.

Adults have been recorded in April, October, November and December.

Subspecies

• Acraea parei parei (Zimbabwe: Chimanimani Mountains)
• Acraea parei orangica(Henning & Henning, 1996) (the Nyika Plateau in Malawi and Zambia)

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea rahira species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[4]

References

1. Henning, G.A., & Henning, S.F. 1996b. A review of the Hyalites (Auracraea) anacreon species complex in southern Africa with descriptions of two new species and two new subspecies. Metamorphosis 7 (2): 71-80.
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. 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 parei orangica at Bold.