Acraea silia

Acraea silia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Acraea
Species:	A. silia
Binomial name
Acraea silia Mabille, [1885] [1] [2]
Synonyms
Acraea masamba var. siliaMabille, [1885] Acraea (Actinote) silia Acraea masamba r. debilisOberthür, 1916

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

Description

Very close to Acraea masamba q.v. for differences

Biology

The habitat consists of forests.

Taxonomy

Uncertain species group but see also Pierre & Bernaud, 2014 ^[4]

References

1. Mabille, P. [1885]. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères. In: Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, ed. A. Grandidier. Vol. 19. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.
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

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 56 g