Acraea punctellata

Acraea punctellata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. punctellata
Binomial name
Acraea punctellata Eltringham, 1912 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Acraea nohara punctellataEltringham, 1912 Acraea (Acraea) punctellata Acraea nohara f. noharoidesLe Doux, 1923

Acraea punctellata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Malawi and southern Tanzania. ^[3]

Description

Very similar to Acraea nohara qv.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea cepheus species group. See also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. ^[4]

References

1. Eltringham, H. 1912. A monograph of the African species of the genus Acraea Fab., with a supplement on those of the Oriental Region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1912: 1-374.
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 2012-06-01.
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 punctellata at Bold.