Acraea rileyi

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Acraea rileyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. rileyi
Binomial name
Acraea rileyi
Le Doux, 1931 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) rileyi

Acraea rileyi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3]

Taxonomy

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

References

  1. Le Doux, C. 1931 Neue Acraeinae aus Afrika und Madagascar (Lepidopt. Rhopal.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1931: 49-59.
  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