Acraea sambavae

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Acraea sambavae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Acraea
Species:
A. sambavae
Binomial name
Acraea sambavae
Ward, 1873 [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Acraea (Actinote) sambavae

Acraea sambavae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar. [3]

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Description

A. sambavae Ward is very similar to the last two species [ A. strattipocles , A. masamba ], but has a more brownish red colour on the upper surface and differs especially in having the marginal band of the hindwing replaced by large black spots at the extremities of the veins; these spots touch one another at the distal margin, but are otherwise quite free; the inner margin of the hindwing broadly whitish yellow. Madagascar. [4]

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

It is a member of the Acraea masamba species group- but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014. [5]

References

  1. Ward, C. 1873. Descriptions of new species of African lepidoptera. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 10: 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. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. Pierre & Bernau, 2014 Classification et Liste Synonymique des Taxons du Genre Acraea pdf Archived 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine