Acraea pierrei

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Acraea pierrei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. pierrei
Binomial name
Acraea pierrei
Berger, 1981 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) pierrei

Acraea pierrei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (northern Kivu). [3]

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Taxonomy

Acraea cabira is a member of the Acraea bonasia species group; see Acraea . See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 [4]

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References

  1. Berger, L.A. Les Papillons du Zaire Editions Weissenbruch, Bruxelles
  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